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MaskE217407-0
Cedar Bark Head-RingE175488-0

FROM CARD: "FIRST HEADRING OF "HAYALIKAWI." ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 174; P. 517."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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NeckringE175499-0

FROM CARD: "NECK LAGAE OF XANYADGAMGILOS. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 87; P. 454."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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NeckringE175506-0

FROM CARD: "1ST HEADRING OF XANYADGAMGILOS. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 86; P. 453."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Childs Shawl Or Apron For DancingE20814-0

FROM CARD: "1 PIECE OF MONEY FROM TO PUTNAM 5/88. IN 1991 ONLY TWO COPPER PLAQUE ORNAMENTS WITH THIS NUMBER WERE FOUND, APRON ITSELF WAS MISSING. HOWEVER, A SMALL BLUE CLOTH APRON WITH COPPER PLAQUE ORNAMENTS WAS IN STORAGE AND HAD LOST ITS CATALOGUE NUMBER. IT HAS AN INCORRECT NUMBER OF 6934 SEWN ON, A TAG INDICATING IT WAS TREATED WITH ARSENIC IN 1884, AND HAD BEEN GIVEN T#20255. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH DR. WILLIAM STURTEVANT IT WAS DECIDED TO GIVE THE APRON #20814 BECAUSE: 1. APRON MATCHES BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON CARD OF 20814. 2. APRON WAS MISSING SOME COPPER ORNAMENTS AND THE ONES IT DID RETAIN CLOSELY RESEMBLE THE TWO NUMBERED 20814. 3. THIS TYPE OF ARTIFACT IS FAIRLY UNIQUE AND A SEARCH OF MUSEUM RECORDS REVEALED NO OTHER PRE-1885 PIECES OF THIS TYPE CATALOGUED IN OUR COLLECTIONS. -F. PICKERING 1-24-1991."Provenience note: Ledger book lists this as "Nimpkish Ind., Alert Bay, Alaska." The "Alaska" locality appears to be a cataloguing error, as Alert Bay is in British Columbia, not Alaska, and there is material included in this accession from both Alaska and B.C..

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Nimpkish
Made in
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Copper Wire Bracelets 1 PairE56468-0

FROM CARD: "50 CTS. WORN BY A "BUMPKISH" INDIAN WOMAN. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 8, P. 260." IT IS CLEAR FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGY CATALOGUE LEDGER BOOK THAT WHAT IS TRANSCRIBED AS "BUMPKISH" ON THE CATALOGUE CARD IS ACTUALLY "NIMPKISH". - F. PICKERING 6-17-1999

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Nimpkish
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Chest-FringeE169108-0

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK. BELONGING TO 2 MASKS NO. 169105-6."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Nakoaktok
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Headring "Lagae"E175496-0

FROM CARD: "2ND HEADRING OF NINALAADGIGORS. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 130; P. 485."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Knife With Curved BladeE129977-0
Aprons 2E169117-0

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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