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Drag For Harpoon LineE210329-0

From card: "Made of cedar bark in checker weaving. Patterns formed by using strips of different widths." From Emmons tag with the artifact: ""Nitinat" Basket from the S.W. coast of Vancouver Id, made of the inner bark of the red cedar. This basket was in use when I got it packed with the gear of a seal fisherman, it was full of bark lines and extra pieces of spear +c. For Prof. O.T. Mason from G. T. Emmons." Also written in pencil on the tag at a later date: "Drag for harpoon line."

Culture
Ditidaht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Cane, SnakeE89110-0
Grass BasketE9223-2
Horn Spoon, Killer And Bear, BeaverE89175-0
Nose-Ring, Silver, Woman'sE209554-0
Cast Of Stone Carving Of BearE229785-0

From card: [Original] "Of marble, held a long time in the Tagwayta family of the Hootz-ah-tai-gwan, through many generations of chiefs. Original purchased from G. T. Emmons (Cat. No. 221181, Acc. No. 41512)." Original is Tlingit from Killisnoo, Alaska.

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone FlesherE20776-0
Canoe PaddleE23536-0

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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Rectangular Coiled BasketET7614-0

LARGE RECTANGULAR COILED BASKET.

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Feathered Arrows With Bone PointsET15944-0

NW COAST; 7 ARROWS, BONE POINTS, FEATHERED.

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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