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Souvenir PlaqueE426291-0

FOUND IN "SCHOOL COLLECTION" STORAGE AREA. PROPOSED FOR ACCESSIONING AND DESCRIBED BY WILLIAM STURTEVANT ETHNOLOGY CURATOR NMNH, 11/1994. SOUVENIR PLAQUE, NORTHWEST COAST (HAIDA ? TSIMSHIAN?). PAINTING MAY BE BY AN INDIAN ARTIST. FOUR PIECES OF RED CEDAR FITTED TOGETHER AS A DISK, 12" DIAMETER. ON FRONT IS PAINTED DESIGN OF AN EAGLE IN NORTHERN NORTHWEST COAST STYLE, BLACK RED, WHITE AND YELLOW, PERHAPS STENCILLED, FINISHED WITH SHINY VARNISH. ON BACK: "LEGEND OF THE EAGLE" SUPPOSEDLY AN INDIAN ORIGIN MYTH ACCOUNTING FOR THE COASTAL ISLANDS. LABELED " MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA" OLD PIECE OF TAPE READS, IN PENCIL " A-IZ LEFT AT WINOWSICÙ T4 A-6B" LAST CHARACTERS UNCLEAR; PROBABLY INDICATES THE SOURCE OF THE OBJECT, PERHAPS DURING THE 1950'S OR 1960'S, AND ACCOUNTS FOR ITS STORAGE, UNCATALOGUED IN THE SCHOOL COLLECTION.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Northwest Coast, Canada ? or Northwest Coast, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Knife-HandleE360476-0
Water Scoop Or Boat-BailerE360474-0
Halibut-HookE360312-0
Wooden SpoonE700-0

FROM CARD: "#700 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42, FIG. 238, P. 318. DEPOSITED."

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE360814-0
Probably Top Of A Basketry HatE360696-0

From card: "Twined, decorated by a painted four-pointed blue star."This might possibly be the top for hat # E360689?

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden SpoonE360323-0
Wood DishE7969-0

FROM CARD: "CARVED."

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Haikwa Or Dentalium ShellsE2106-0

FROM CARD: "1 STRING."

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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