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Basket, Shaman's Drinking, From Burial CaveE230012-0

From card: "Basket of spruce root, found in the rock cave burial place of a deceased Shaman of the Hook-ah-tar tribe of the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska. The cave was on a rocky headland of Admiralty Island, on the Chatham Strait shore near the old village of Neltooskin. This basket was used to drink salt water from before practicing or when fasting. The two bands of ornamentation are in the designs of the butterfly and the half head of the salmonberry. Fitted with a handle of twisted spruce root. Illus. Fig. 28, p. 20 in A Guide to Weft Twining by David W. Fraser. Philadelphia: University of Penn. Press, 1989."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Neltushkin, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Slate PipeE316931-0
Berry-CrusherE75417-0

From card: "Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 1g, pg. 2." Identified in illustration caption as a pecked stone eared hand maul.

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Horn-Spoon, Handle CarvedE74321-0
Carved Figure CarvingE274288-0
Carved Stone ImageE21184-0

FROM CARD: "EX. VOLKERKUNDE MUS."

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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CradleE153548-0
HarpoonE360315-0
Twined BasketE381163-0
Black Horn SpoonE20620-0

FROM CARD: "20620-1. SHORT HANDLES PLAIN."

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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