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Indian PaintE20851-0

FROM CARD: "FROM A HEMLOCK FUNGUS."List in accession file identifies this as # 71 - "Specimens of Indian paint made from the fungus which grows on hemlock trees. This is roasted in hot ashes half an hour, when it turns Indian red color."

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Spoon, HornE345430-0

FROM CARD: "HANDLE CARVED WITH THREE IMAGES REPRESENTING TOTEMIC ANIMALS. LENT TO MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA 5/18/64." Loan returned 2012.

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Basketry MatE383136-0

Identified as of probable Makah manufacture by Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, 3-2003

Culture
Tlingit ? or Makah ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Cane, Crab Apple Wood, WolfE89130-0
MatE168164-0

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK."Similar to E168157 (see remarks for that object), this Taku Tlingit object may originate with the Taku Tlingit of the Upper Taku River area of British Columbia.

Culture
Tlingit and Taku
Made in
Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carving FrogsE274332-0
Silver Ear-Ring Drops (1 Pair)E19548-0

FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1979." FROM CARD: "EAR-RINGS (2).---MADE OF SILVER, MUCH AFTER MODERN PATTERN; BELL-SHAPED PENDANTS; SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP. SITKA INDIANS. EXTREME LENGTH, 1 5/8 INS. LENGTH OF PENDANT, 1 1/16 INS. ALASKA, 1875. 19,548. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

Culture
Indian
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Pestle For Grinding FoodE16393-0

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 608, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford and object is from Sitka Tlingit.

Culture
Tlingit and Sitka
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Reed WhistleE215673-0
Harpoon And Line (2)E360314-0