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Stone Carving, Charms & OrnamentsE67854-0

Illus. Fig. 72 p. 71 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Identitied there as prehistoricTlingit stone snake-beast with red pigments.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bow And ArrowsE2789-0

FROM CARD: "8/17/66: INVENTORIED."These objects are Peale # 134. Peale numbers 132 - 134 are described as "Bows and arrows used by the natives of the northwest coast of America, near Fort Simpson, presented by the officers of the Hon. Hudson Bay Comp [Hudson's Bay Company]."Bow and 13 arrows. Bow has original Peale # label 134 and is marked "by R. P. Robinson Ex Ex V".

Culture
Tsimshian and Gitksan
Made in
Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Spoon, Flat CarvedE60145-0

FROM CARD: "60145-48. #60145 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1888; PL. 42, FIG. 226; P. 318."Listed on page 42 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 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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Carved Wood RattleE20834-0

FROM CARD: "DESIGN: THE THUNDER BIRD USED IN THE SECRET SOCIETIES. (DR. BOAS)."Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies Catalogue #s E20827 and E20911 as Swan original # 61. List in accession file identifies # 61 as "1 box containing complete outfit of an Indian medicine man, Hannegan Indians, Klawark village, P. of Wales Island, Alaska." Catalogue Nos. E20828 - 38 may be related objects?

Culture
Tlingit and Hannegan
Made in
Klawock, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Canoe-BailerE72684-0

From card: "Compare with #23375 (Makah - Neah Bay) - GP."72683, 72684, 72696 and 72697 are identified as Swan original # 45. Swan's list in the accession file identifies # 45 as "3 Indian baskets from Sitka, and wooden canoe bailer." Because of this listing, the canoe bailer was assumed by the cataloguer as from Sitka as well and catalogue card identifies it as Sitka Tlingit. Note however that Anthropology staffer George Phebus (listed as GP on catalogue card) comments that this canoe bailer is similar in form to Makah canoe bailers.

Culture
Tlingit and Sitka ?
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Ceremonial HeaddressET651-0

From card: "NW Coast, Tlingit? S. E. Alaska - Br. Col. A crown like headdress with feathers and a small painted mask frontlet depicting a distorted human face." Stored Tlingit.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Fish-Hook, WoodE74345-0

Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Flint And Steel Case You-Kar-Ton-Klee-TaeE209928-0
Wooden Fish-MasherE60182-0

Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists locality as Hoonia.

Culture
Tlingit and Hoonah
Made in
Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Basket MatE209586-0