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Adze BladesE60105-0
Drill Bow, PlainE48080-0
BagE168256-0

FROM CARD: "PLAIN WEAVING."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE381746-0
Table MatE20727-2

FROM CARD: "TWINED BASKET MAT. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL.36, FIG. 183; P. 314. ONE SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023." FROM CARD: "...LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE316359-0
Inverted Double-ReedE20700-0

FROM CARD: "A TAPERING CYLINDER OF PINE, DIVIDED LONGITUDINALLY IN HALVES, EACH HALF IS EXCAVATED FROM THE OPEN SMALL END OF WITHIN HALF INCH OF LARGE END, AND THE HALVES LASHED TOGETHER. AT THE SMALL END IN MIDDLE WITH LEATHER THONGS, BLOWING IN SMALL END CAUSES THE PART BELOW THE LASHING AT THE MIDDLE TO VIBRATE, ALLOWING THE WIN TO ESCAPE IN PUFFS OR WAVES, THUS PRODUCING A SOUND. THE THONGS HAVE BEEN GLUED AND CUT, THE HALVES SPREAD OPEN TO SHOW INSIDE CONSTRUCTION. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60; ART. 9., HOUGH HIST. OF INVENTIONS?"

Culture
Tsimshian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Grooved Stone Ax AdzeE46491-0
Slave-KillerE127173-0

From card: "Bone carved. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 46, fig. 257; p. 320." Plate caption in USNM AR for 1888 identifies this as a "Slave-killer" "Made of bone. Carved to represent the beak of a raven. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by E. B. Webster, U.S. Navy."

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Harpoon-Head, Bone Iron PointE74960-0