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Small Wooden BoxE20925-0
FROM CARD: "WITH PARTITION TOP & C."
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Stone Carving, OrnamentE67858-0
FROM CARD: "67851-9. NO. 67858 A FRAGMENT."
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Carved Cane, Sea Lion And SnakeE89108-0
- Culture
- Haida
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Small Straw Plait BasketE23344-0
OLD TAG WITH OBJECT IDENTIFIES AS "MAKAH, NEEAH B.(AY)".
- Culture
- Haida ? or Makah ?
- Made in
- Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA ? or Washington, USA ?
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Food Tray, Box CarvedE74398-0
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Wooden HornE20689-0
FROM CARD FOR 20689-92 : "2 CHAMBERS. #20689 - CEREMONIAL TRUMPET, TSIMSHIAN, FT. SIMPSON, B.C.-ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 61, FIG. 324; P. 330. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT., 1896; PL. 72, FIG. 3; P. 564....NO. 20689 SENT AS EXCHANGE TO F. W. GALPIN HATFIELD VICARAGE, HARLOW ESSEX, NOV. 25, 1907."FROM SECOND CARD: "DOUBLE DOUBLE-REED INSTRUMENT. AN OVAL BLOCK OF WOOD, SOMETHING OF THE FORM OF A PADDLE, SPLIT LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH ITS MAJOR AXIS. THE HALVES ARE EXCAVATED TO FORM TWO AIR PASSAGES STARTING FROM LOWER END AND ENDING IN ONE BEFORE IT REACHES THE TOP. IN EACH OF THE TWO AIR PASSAGES IS PACKED A DOUBLE REED MADE OF WOOD. THE HALVES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER AND LASHED WITH FOUR BANDS OF SPRUCE ROOT. SEE WILSON'S PREHISTORIC ART, PP. 565 AND PL. 72, FIG. 3. ALSO U.S.M. REPORT, 1888, PL. LXI, FIG. 324."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. It looks to be a root strapping. There are a great variety of whistles because there's a different sound for every spirit or being that was imitated. When we impersonated the supernatural they all didn't sound the same. It is held together by tree sap, it's like fiberglass when you use it; it's really hard.
- Culture
- Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Ceremonial ClubE274456-0
- Culture
- Indian
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Box LidsET631A-0
HAS CATALOG CARD.
- Culture
- Northwest Coast Indian ?
- Made in
- Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Bark CapeE23380-0
Short bark cape with cloth trim.
- Culture
- Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Wooden Mask.E73800-0
- Made in
- Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History