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Canoe Bailer1173
Hammer1633
Hand Drill1651
Skin Dresser2512
Canoe Bailer1-11471
Carving1-195

The paint is black and red.

Culture
Tlingit: Hoonah
Material
wood and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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House Hook986
Basket2.5E1649
Basket1998-51/2
Nakhnokh Mask1-1457

No documentation accompanies this striking piece, but it is probably a Nakhnokh mask--that is, a mask representing a hereditary spirit name. When the name is assumed by its owner, it is dramatized in a pantomimic dance using a mask illustrative of the name. Nakhnokh or spirit names refer to animals or to people, often foreigners or those with unusual physical or personality traits. Certain Nakhnokh are violent or antisocial. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Tsimshian ? or Nisga'a ?
Material
wood, alder wood ?, human hair and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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