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Totem-Pole ModelE230067-0
Arrow Proof ArmorE9243-0

FROM CARD: "MADE OF THIRTY-TWO SLATS OF CEDAR AND OTHER WOOD WOVEN TOGETHER BY FINE WEAVING OF FINE SINEW AND OTHER CORD. A BAND OF WEAVING OF THREE INCHES WIDTH IS CARRIED ALONG THE FRONT AT THE TOP AND THE WEAVING IS CONTINUED DOWNWARDS IN TWO PLACES, MEETING A BAND CROSSING THE BOTTOM, AND FORMING A GEOMETRICAL FIGURE. THE MIDDLE SERIES OF SLATS, EIGHT IN NUMBER, EXTENDS BELOW THE OTHER FOUR INCHES, THREE OF WHICH ARE INTACT, WHILE TWO ON EACH SIDE ARE UNITED, FORMING A SWALLOW-TAIL AND ALLOWING THE FREE BENDING OF THE THIGHS. THE FRONT AND BACK ARE DISTINCT; JOINED BY ELK SKIN CORDS AT THE SIDES. A SECTION OF SHORT SLATS, EIGHT IN NUMBER, IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE THROAT, AND A SIMILAR ROW, SEVEN IN NUMBER, PROTECTS THE BACK OF THE NECK. THE ARMOR IS HELD IN PLACE BY A BROAD BAND OF ELK SKIN OVER THE RIGHT SHOULDER, AND FASTENED ON THE LEFT SIDE BY A LOOP AND THONG. A TOGGLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COLLAR IN FRONT WAS PROBABLY FOR SUSPENSION OF THE QUIVER. HEIGHT 21 1/2", WIDTH 20 INCHES. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1893; PL. 6, FIG. 1 & 2; P. 636. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 13 CENTER RIGHT, PG. 218."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Dish, Long And Shallow, Old StyleE60169-0

Listed on page 43 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes". Listed under incorrect number, 61069.

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Arrowhead, "Tchar-Tchee Uhk-Gar"E209900-0
Cedar Bark MatE361038-0
Pipe-StemE8813-0

FROM CARD: "ROSA LIAPUNOVA, SOVIET CURATOR OF THE USSR'S STATE MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY IN LENINGRAD SUGGESTED THAT THE "PIPESTEM" CAT. 8813 MAY BE THE BODY OF THE STAND FOR "ARTIFICIAL BIRD ON ORNAMENTED STAND", CAT. 4128. THE LENINGRAD MUSEUM HAS A SIMILAR ITEM. L. EISENHART 1989."

Culture
Tlingit ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden DishE360367-0

From card: ""Chief's ceremonial eating bowl" Bowl carved to represent effigy of frog head and fish tail, also side fins".

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Covered BasketE418099-0
Berry Winnowing Baskets (2)E216046-0
Wooden BoxE361245-0