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From card: "Obtained through contact with Quinault Indians. Cross-warp-twine work, called by the Quileutes "lace basket." Same as 299001."
FROM CARD: "54126-35. #54132 - 84 X 39"."
NO NUMBER; NORTHWEST COAST-SILVER EARRING, PART AND STEM.
FROM CARD: 67876-84. NOS.67881-2-3 PIPES. #67882 - ILLUS. IN USNM, AR 1888, PL. 48, NO. 269; P.322. WHERE IT IS DESCRIBED AS IN SHAPE OF AN INDIAN DOCTOR."
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART. 1973, P. 239. LOAN R. H. LOWIE MUSEUM 12/31/64. LOAN RETURNED FEB 15 1966."Ilus. Fig. 5 p. 11 in King, J. C. H. 1979. Portrait masks from the Northwest Coast of America. [New York]: Thames and Hudson. Identified there (p. 10) as "Tlingit shaman's mask. The hair, eyebrows and moustache on this mask were made from fur and nailed into place; it has copper eyes and lips. Although the face is extremely realistic, it probably represents a spirit who would have helped the shaman cure the sick and predict events. It was held to the wearer's head with a hide strap."