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Whaling PaddleE26781-0
Imbricated BasketE360510-0
Skins Of Colymbus Or DiverE1301-0

Records in the SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say 1 of 2 colymbus skins with this number was transferred to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1867. Not clear where the other skin went, or what the relationship is with the painted wooden items currently found in the collection.

Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Shell-ChiselE299075-0

From card: "Clam shell sharpened at wide end."

Culture
Quileute
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Hat "Makha-Shekho"E130967-0

A black-brimmed painted basketry hat. Illustrated Fig. 15, p. 64 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3).From Chirouse's entry on the hat in his catalogue in the accession file: "No. 3. Makha-Shekho. Shekho is the name of every kind of head-dress. The present hat was used by men and women untill the whites came to the country. It is called Makha, because the Makha were the first makers of that kind of hat. The designs on the hat represent the eyes of a mighty spirit that protects men against the injuries of the weather." "Makha" referenced above may refer to the Makah? - F. Pickering 1-15-2008Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".

Culture
Duwamish ? and Salish
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bottle Covered Straw Plait 5E23311-0
Sanitch Style BasketE299011-0

From card: "Plain twine and diagonal twine holding horizontal overlay of flat white grass stem."

Culture
Quileute
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Grass BasketE9230-0

SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY EXCHANGED WITH KEW ROYAL GARDENS, ENGLAND. 1891.

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Grass BasketE9223-1
Packing Basket For Dried FishE13113-0