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Bow & ArrowsE76297-0

LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1 OBJECT WITH THIS NUMBER SENT TO GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. 1887. LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1 OBJECT WITH THIS NUMBER SENT TO TROCADERO, FRANCE. 1885.According to the accession record, Swan acquired 2 crabapple wood bows, with arrows, and 2 mountain yew wood bows, with arrows, from the maker, Tahahowtl or Byron, a Makah Indian of Neah Bay, Washington. These objects were catalogued as numbers E76294 - E76297.See Cat. 120 and 121 p. 195 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. Entries are on 2 arrows, Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.422 and 71.1885.78.423, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E76297. Note that Smithsonian records only indicate that one object with this number went to the Trocadero. Also, Smithsonian records indicate that a bow and 2 arrows number E76294 went to the Trocadero, however the Branly only has accounted for a bow and one arrow. It is therefore possible that one of the two arrows the Branly identifies as 76297 may possibly be 76294?

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Painted Wooden MaskE360977-0

Culture
Makah and Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE395522-1
Basket With LidE292740-0
Grass MatE9232-0
MaskE4118-0

FROM CARD: "MOVEABLE EYES AND LOWER JAW." ILLUS. FIG. 51, P. 74, DISCUSSED P. 75, IN DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY, BY PETER MACNAIR, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998. IDENTIFIED THERE BY PETER MACNAIR AS FEMALE PORTRAIT MASK.

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Toy Grass Basket In NestE4766-0
Fish-Line Of KelpE26822-0

FROM CARD: "FISH HOOK & BLADDER BUOY WITH FISH LINE."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Painted Dance RobeE349677-0

FROM CARD: "PIECE OF UNBLEACHED SHEETING CONTAINING BOLD FIGURES OF ANIMAL HEADS, EYES, HANDS, IN RED, BLACK, GREEN, YELLOW AND BLUE." OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED IN BAE BULLETIN 124, "NOOTKA AND QUILEUTE MUSIC" BY FRANCES DENSMORE, PLATE 13B, AFTER P. 24. SEE P. 24 OF PUBLICATION WHERE ROBE IS IDENTIFIED AS MADE FOR FRANCES DENSMORE BY CHARLES SWAN (OF NEAH BAY) AND DESIGN IS EXPLAINED. - F. PICKERING 7-7-2000

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Indian MaskE23441-0

FROM CARD: "...WOODEN HELMET CARVED IN SHAPE OF WOLF'S HEAD, HAIDA ILLUS. IN USNM AR [for year 1888], PL. XIII, FIG. 41, P. 270." Note: this object is catalogued as from Neah Bay, Washington Territory, so it is unclear why this publication caption identifies it as Haida, though some of the other material in this collection is from Alaska. FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEADDRESS.---CUT FROM BLOCK OF CEDAR WOOD TO REPRESENT THE HEAD OF WOLF; MOUTH OPEN, DISPLAYING TEETH; TEETH PAINTED WHITE, LIPS RED, EYES BLACK AND WHITE. EARS ARE SEPARATE PIECES. UNDER SIDE CARVED OUT TO FIT HEAD OF WEARER. WORN IN NATIVE DANCES BY MAKAH INDIANS, NEAH BAY. LENGTH, 12 INS. HEIGHT TO TIP OF EAR, 7 1/2 INS. WASHINGTON TER., 1876. 23,441. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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