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Carved silver napkin ring with otter design. Its body extends around the ring, with scroll-work in the background. Fine crosshatching in the negative spaces. Both edges have a border of short, slightly diagonal, lines all the way around.
Coin silver bracelet with double killer whale design, covering outer surface except for a very thin border. Two whales facing each other at centre, noses not quite touching. Tails go out to each end. Crosshatched background. The bracelet has squared ends, with two hook clasps and corresponding slots.
Bentwood grease bowl, with curved sides and carved ends. On the front of the bowl a human figure appears from behind a bear’s head: head and arms above the bear’s eyebrows, feet emerging from under the bear’s mouth. The claws are represented on the opposite end of the bowl alongside another human figure with its face turned upward. Operculum shells are inlaid in the bear’s mouth as teeth. The surface has been coated in grease.
Bentwood box with painted black and red designs. Box is almost square with three steamed corners. The fourth corner and the bottom panel are nailed. All four sides are painted. The designs cover the upper 3/4 of each side, with a thick red line painted all around the box, below the designs. The lid is made of two pieces of planked wood.
Red cedar bentwood box (part a) with lid (part b). The box has three bentwood corners, curved and rounded, with pegs at the fourth corner. The lid has rounded edges, and is slightly thicker than the base. The front and back have circular paintings, with a different design inside each. Both have a red scalloped (U-forms) design around the entire outer edge of the circle. The ends of the box have simpler ovoid style designs. Designs are painted using mineral-based pigments.
Long wooden spoon carved from a single piece of wood. Cylindrical handle and a flat, paddle-like blade. Design carved on the handle and blade.
From card: "Handle carved with totemic representations of raven and other figures. One [E360327-1] has old number 274,196. It is from the Harriman collection." Note: Harriman Accession was collected by John Green Brady, 1878 - 1909.
From card: "Two head skins of a mallard duck, bill attached. The top has open beadwork design, a star [the sun?] and two birds. Undoubtedly commercial trade article."Compare to Tlingit wall pocket Fig. 1.7, p. 48 in Smetzer, Megan A. 2021. Painful Beauty : Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience. Seattle: Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum : University of Washington Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/85691/ .