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Wooden Dish, SkateE88854-0

Listed on page 45 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)".

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Spoon From Horn Of Mountain Goat, Carved By Haida IndiansE88907-0
Basketry Hat, PaintedE88961A-0

From card: "Red and black design with sweat band of decorated cloth. On exhibit: Hall 11, May 1990." Per Jay Stewart and Peter Macnair 7-20-2005 this is a spruce root hat, "maker unknown. The weaver and the painter of this hat appear to be the originators of a tradition of making spruce root hats for sale that continued into the 20th century. This is one of the earliest spruce root hats that was made for sale."

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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New Hat, UnpaintedE88960-2

Catalog number 88960 [part numbers E88960-0 through E88960-3] are four hats of a similar style. One of the four hats is illustrated (small) as Hat 112, p. 221 in Glinsmann, Dawn. 2006. Northern Northwest Coast spruce root hats. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dance Ornament, Piece Of The Dorsal Fin Of The Orca Or KillerE88814-0

From card: "Worn on the hips of performer.""Orca or Killer" = Killer whale.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Imitation Kettle Or PotE88725A-0

Appears to be a carved wooden version of a three-legged cast iron bellied kettle or cook pot with two 7-shaped handle ears. As of 2012, one of the three legs is missing.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Salmon-Net, Made Of Fibre Of EpilobiumE88757-0
New Hat, UnpaintedE88960-0

Catalog number 88960 [part numbers E88960-0 through E88960-3] are four hats of a similar style. One of the four hats is illustrated (small) as Hat 112, p. 221 in Glinsmann, Dawn. 2006. Northern Northwest Coast spruce root hats. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Spoon From Horn Of Mountain Goat, Carved By Haida IndiansE88906-0
Whalebone BoxE88719-0

From card: "For sewing work."Round container with baleen sides and wooden bottom; has a lid with wooden top and baleen sides. Resembles a round New England bentwood pantry box, with tacked/nailed joints. Box lid has two attached labels in James G. Swan's hand: "No 19 50¢. Masset B.C., Procured by J. G. Swan June 19, 1883", and "Whale bone box made by a Masset Indian and fastened with rivets of native copper in imitation of box made in Nantucket Mas."

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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