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One of two hooks with this number.
From card: "Wood carved. From Medicine man's grave."
FROM CARD: "COLLECTOR: W. H. DALL*. REMARKS: *THE EXPLANATION OF A TAG ON THIS SPECIMEN, WITH THE NAME: "E. P. HERENDEN", IS NOT CLEAR, THO THERE ARE OTHER SPECIMENS (ESKIMO) IN THE COLLECTIONS FROM THIS COLLECTOR. CYLINDRICAL, SOFT WOVEN BASKET, BUT VERY TIGHTLY DONE, PLAIN TWINED WEAVING WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN TWO COLORS OF FALSE EMBROIDERY ON THE OUTSIDE. A VERY FINE BASKET. 11/1963 STARTED TO SPLIT ON ONE SIDE."
FROM CARD: "BEADED BUCKSKIN."Florence Sheakley, elder, Ruth Demmert, elder, and Linda Wynnemade the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This bag is a three-sided pouch made of soft buckskin. Each side of the pouch features the same beadwork and same seaweed pattern, but in different bead colors. Ruth commented that she had never seen a three-sided pouch like this before.
FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "FRONT-PIECE FOR HEAD-DRESS.---A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF WOOD ON WHICH IS CARVED THE HEADS OF A BEAR AND A BIRD IN BOLD RELIEF. PAINTED BLUE, OUTLINES OF RED AND BLACK. LENGTH, 5 1/4 INCHES; WIDTH, 3 3/4 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 20,755. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. NEG. NO. 8379."There are two wooden frontlets for headdresses with this catalogue number. The first frontlet, per Stephen Loring, has a carved design of an eagle over a bear, and is painted blue/green, red and black. Neg. # 99-20244 is a photo of this piece. The second frontlet, with a more elongated shape, is mostly painted red and has a carved design of a fox-like animal. Neg. # 99-20243 is a photo of this piece.