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Wooden Headdress, SculpinE89054-0
Halibut-HookE89207-0

Listed on page 49 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 (Tools)".

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Mat Making Set: Mat Needle - Bone Of A BirdE127873B-0
BasketE299042-0

From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Fancy weaving in which bands of warp alternate with solid twining; material rush, forming softer texture."

Culture
Quileute
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Pick-HeadE274151-0
Wooden Vessel Bird Effigy 1E286731-0
Indian Grass MattingE54106-0
Box Or ChestE74428-0
Silver Napkin RingE20257-0

FROM CARD: "NAPKIN RINGS.---MADE OF THIN SILVER BANDS, WITH EXTERIORS ENGRAVED WITH VARIOUS FIGURES. HAIDAH INDIANS. DIAM., 1 1/2 INS. HEIGHT, 1 7/16 INS. CASSIAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,257-8-9. COLLECTED BY J.G. SWAN FOR CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1876. MADE BY HAIDAH INDIANS UNDER DIRECTION OF MR. SULLIVAN, GOLD COMMISSIONER OF DOMINION OF CANADA. BURNISHED BY RUDOLPH, OF VICTORIA, B.C."

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Fish-Hooks, Bone PointsE20654-0

FROM 19TH CENTURY EXHIBIT CATALOGUE EXCERPT WITH CARD: "(97) FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [P.] 921. FISH-HOOKS (4). SHANK MADE OF A HEMLOCK SPLINT, THE ENDS BROUGHT NEARLY TOGETHER AND HELD BY A LIGHT LASHING; SHORT, WOODEN BARB; LINE, TWISTED BARK. INDIANS OF NORTHWEST COAST. LENGTH, 4 TO 5 1/2 INCHES. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,654. JAMES G. SWAN."

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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