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Horn Spoon, PlainE75434-0
Fishhooks (Models) (2)E131357-0
Ivory Doll-Head DressedE75446-0

List in accession file includes "7. Carved stone doll heads dressed a la Chilcaht" [i.e. Chilkat]. This entry seems to refer to E75495 - 51, all of which were originally catalogued as stone doll heads dressed. Catalogue cards were later corrected to ivory instead of stone for E75495 - 50.

Culture
Tlingit ? or Chilkat ?
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden SpoonE306368-0
HeaddressE73862-0

From card (mistakenly listed as people/culture): "Shaman's."

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Shaman's Rattle Raven RattleE46479-0

FROM CARD: "USED BY SHAMANS."Anthropology catalogue ledger book and accession record identify the locality as Hoonah, Alaska.

Culture
Tlingit and Hoonah
Made in
Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Basket MatE299059-0

From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917]. Used specimen. Design two birds and [card has drawing of a zigzag type design]."

Culture
Quileute
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Spoon Or LadleE67964-0

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.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Dish, Sparrow-HawkE88862-0

Listed on page 41 and 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". Small food dish on p 41; carved dish on p 43. One of these is misnumbered, since 88862 refer to only one object, but cannot determine which one is misnumbered (or what its correct number was) without more information.

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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