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Bark Mantle & CapeE1207-0

FROM CARD: "MADE BY MAKAH INDIANS."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bead And Bone NecklaceE317428-0
Stone MaulE23421-0
Canoe PaddleE23539-0

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

Culture
Clallam ?, Haida ? or Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) ?
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE127844-0
Probably Top Of A Basketry HatE360696-0

From card: "Twined, decorated by a painted four-pointed blue star."This might possibly be the top for hat # E360689?

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dance Head OrnamentE7939-0
Chinook Paddles Model 2E642-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED WITH SMITHSONIAN INST." Note: Neg. #s 2002-12257 and 2002-12296 are photos of three of these paddle models with canoe model Catalogue # E2583.For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.

Culture
Chinook
Made in
Oregon, USA ? or Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Fishing Arrows And Net StretcherE650-0

FROM CARD: "OLD CATALOG CALLS THIS ONE OF SEVERAL "FISHING ARROWS," BUT THE TAG ATTACHED SAYS IT IS A "NET STRETCHER". A SMOOTH STICK, WRAPPED IN THREE PLACES WITH CEDAR (?) BARK. ILLUS., IN SMITHSONIAN REPORT FOR 1893, PL. 50, FIG. 1-2, P. 679." The card seems to refer only to the one stick that is (apparently) a net stretcher, not an arrow, but there are also 9 arrows with this number.Records in the SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say that an unspecified number of fish arrows with this number were sent to the Trocadero in Paris in 1885.See Cat. 31 p. 170 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. This entry is on Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.432, an arrow, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E650.For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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