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Paddles 2E260394-0

Listed on page 44 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".

Culture
Tlingit ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Charms, CarvedE60126-0

Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists locality as Baranoff Island, Alaska.

Culture
Tlingit, Hoonah and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Twined BasketE364849-0
Trap-StickE104638-0

From card: "Bone, broken carved head, very ancient."E104638 - E104641 appear to be the same objects catalogued previously as E73822, part of Accession No. 15196, and described on catalogue card for that number as "Ancient Bone and Wood Instrument, 4; Upper Yukon River, Alaska; Used for trapping mink & martin; Av. [length] 10 1/2 in." E73822 does not have a culture identified on card, ledger book, or in accession record.

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Prepared Splints, Dyed Red, For BasketryE209956-0
Powder-HolderE168380-0

FROM CARD: "BONE."This object is # 45 on list in accession file.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dagger-Blade Or Bear-Spear "Kha-New-Tar-Kale"E209927-0
Wallet (4)E168250-0

FROM CARD: "BASKET. TWINED. 3 [of 7] EXCHANGE[D] - BARON LUDWIG AMBROZY. 14 SINGERSTRAUSSAS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA. JUNE 22, 1905."Ledger says 1 [of 7] sent to Alabama Central College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE260729-0
Model Boat, UmiakE1130-0

See Collins boat MS. p. 795 and Processing Lab Accession file for additional information on this boat. Originally catalogued as "Kolosh", i.e. Tlingit. Boat model is illustrated p.78 in Rhees, William Jones. 1880. Visitor's guide to the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, Washington, D.C., Part 3 [Washington]: Judd & Detweiler, Printers and Publishers. https://books.google.com/books?id=L5ZJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q&f=false Illus. Fig. 145, p. 152 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Identified there as an Angyak model, Kodiak Island, by Aron Crowell, i.e. Sugpiak/Alutiiq (Pacific Yup'ik). "The men in this model of a small angyaq wear three kinds of headgear: seal hunting helmets, spruce root hats with tall tops that indicated wealth, and bentwood hunting hats in the form of open-topped cones with slanting brims, a style from the Alaska Peninsula. Sprays of colored yarn depict water thrown back from the surging bow of the boat."Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=2, retrieved 8-29-2012: Umiak model, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Koniag; Kodiak Island, Alaska. angyaq "open skin boat" - Language: Koniag Sugpiaq (Kodiak Island dialect). Also called: baidar [from Russian word for boat].Illus. Fig. 10.9, p. 223 in Luukkanen, Harri, Fitzhugh, William W., and Evguenia Anichtchenko. 2020. The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia. Washington DC: Smithsonian Scholarly Press.

Culture
Tlingit ?, Eskimo, Alutiiq and Koniag ?
Made in
Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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