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Copper Wire Bracelets 1 PairE56468-0

FROM CARD: "50 CTS. WORN BY A "BUMPKISH" INDIAN WOMAN. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 8, P. 260." IT IS CLEAR FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGY CATALOGUE LEDGER BOOK THAT WHAT IS TRANSCRIBED AS "BUMPKISH" ON THE CATALOGUE CARD IS ACTUALLY "NIMPKISH". - F. PICKERING 6-17-1999

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Nimpkish
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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CombE274527-0
Wooden LadleE23393-0

FROM CARD: "PUTNAM, 5/88."

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Oval Wooden BowlE395513-0
DrillE233183-0
Yew Seal Club (Sea Lion)E88824-0
Horn SpoonE299072-0

From card for 299070 - 2: "Bent horn of [blank on card] rudely worked."

Culture
Quileute
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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MaskE274253-0
Black Horn Spoon, CarvedE60137-0

FROM CARD: "60136-40. [From 19th or early 20th century exhibit] LABEL: "HORN SPOONS. BOWLS, MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP. IN SOME EXAMPLES THE HANDLES ARE MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, IN CANADA, AND THROUGHOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HORN OF THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP IS USED IN MAKING DOMESTIC UTENSILS. THE HORN OF THE GOAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO THE CARVER'S ART, AND BY THE TLINGIT INDIANS IS CARVED AND ENGRAVED TO REPRESENT TOTEMIC IDEAS."

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Rattle (Ceco'q)E20758-0

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD IN THE FORM OF A FISH WITH THE HANDLE PROJECTING FROM NEAR THE TAIL. THE BODY MADE IN TWO SECTIONS HOLLOWED AND FASTENED TOGETHER. DESIGN: "ORCA". THE WHOLE CHARACTERIZED BY THE DORSAL FINS AND FORMIDABLE TEETH. SEE U.S.M. REPORT (NIBLACK) 1888, PL. LIX, NO. 310. PAINTED RED AND BLACK. (P. 330)."

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