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HatE274649-0
Bow And ArrowsE2732-0

FROM CARD: "3 ARROWS IN COLLECTION. 8/17/66."3 arrows with bone points remain in the collection: 1 arrow has a barbed bone point; 1 arrow has twin barbed bone points, and 1 arrow has a barbless bone point.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE274621-0
Small Canoe ModelE16271-0

FROM CARD: "THIS THE COMMON TYPE OF TLINKIT DUGOUT CANOE, CALLED IN TLINKIT: SITC, IN YAKUTAT: SPRUCE. THE SLIGHTLY LOWER END IS THE PROW, EVEN THOUGH THE ANGLE OF EACH IS NEARLY THE SAME. HAS THREE THWARTS*, PAINTED RED AND BLACK INSIDE. *A FOURTH ONE IS MISSING."

Culture
Tlingit and Yakutat
Made in
Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Berry BasketE222034-0

Note re provenience: Emmons in accession file identifies baskets E222033-0 and E222034-0 as berry baskets collected (probably purchased?) in Victoria, B.C.. Anthropology catalogue ledger book and catalogue card for E222034-0 attribute basket to Southeast Alaska. In a letter of July 16, 1903 from Sitka, Alaska filed in accession file 41512, Emmons mentions two baskets that may be E222033-0 and E222034-0. He mentions that he is sending two very old Chilkat berry baskets to the Smithsonian.

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cedar Bark BasketE395496-0
Cylindrical Basketwork (2)E7965-0

AS OF 2006, CAT. # 7965 CONSISTS OF ONE COLUMN OF 5 CYLINDRICAL WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? RINGS, AND ONE COLUMN OF 6 WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? RINGS. THESE OBJECTS ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "POTLATCH RINGS," AND ARE USUALLY USED ON TOPS OF HATS. IT MAY BE THAT ONE OF THESE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE CAT # 7964?, WHICH WAS NOT LOCATED DURING THE INVENTORY. -F. PICKERING 5-10-2006

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cap Pouch "Tu Twwn -Nee-Tar-Leah"E209906-0
Breast Strap For HaulingE209936-0
Cellulose CordsET15001-0

2 CELLULOSE CORDS.

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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