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From card: "Includes roots and stems of spruce and cedar in all stages of preparation; shell and metal knives; horn and bone awls; dyes; fish skin; and woman's work basket."Listed on page 48 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".
Listed on page 44 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".
FROM CARD: "FOR SCRAPING THE INNER BARK OF THE HEMLOCK FOR FOOD." THIS KNIFE WAS ILLUSTRATED (UNDER INCORRECT #20840) IN USNM AR 1890; PL. 72, FIG. 1; P. 416 AND IDENTIFIED THERE AS A WOMAN'S KNIFE, KOOTZNOO INDIANS (KOLUSHAN STOCK).
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 12, P. 260." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "EAR-RINGS (2).---SILVER-PLATED BOB, HOOK AND CLASP, WITH BELL OR CONICAL-SHAPED PENDANT 1 1/2 INCHES LONG. SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP. SITKA-KWAN INDIANS. LENGTH, 2 INCHES. ALASKA, 1875. 19,552. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
FROM CARD: "20896-7. NAME: *WHALING HARPOON. LOCALITY: **SITKA. REMARKS: *#20896 CONSISTS OF HARPOON HEAD, POINT, LANYARD, AND SHEATH. ** COMPARE TO #74208-9 (MAKAH-NEAH BAY) GP."Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists locality for this object as Sitka (perhaps purchased there?) and lists culture as Makah. E20896 and 7 appear to be the two objects listed in the accession file as "2 Makah whaling harpoons."