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Table MatE20726-6

FROM CARD: "EX. CANTERBURY MUS, JUNE 1900. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT., 1902; FIGS. 138-9; P. 410. NEG. #86-6978 & 86-6979."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Pouch Or Haversack With Bead Work, Shoulder BagE67996-0

Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.Linda Wynne, Ruth Demmert, elder, and Florence Sheakley, elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The elders agreed that the beadwork on this object is loom woven, and commented that the bead design is similar to bead designs on octopus bags (e.g. E89196-0; E021581-0). There is a button to close the bag.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wedge Of Elk HornE18917-0
SpoonE274228-0
Indian DevilE56443-0

FROM CARD: "75CTS." FROM ACCESSION RECORD: :"'YALCH' OR INDIAN DEVIL. THIS REPRESENTS A SHAMAN OR DOCTOR DRESSED FOR A MASQUERADE TO REPRESENT AN EVIL SPIRIT."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cedar Bark Cord Dance-CollarE292272-0
Wooden Food-Dish, SealE88852-0
Square WorkbasketE23326-1
Wooden Spoon Or LadleE67960-0

Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.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".

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bead BasketE316970-0