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Tiles From Spanish Fort, Brick (4)E1295-0

FROM CARD: "THIS FORT WAS ERECTED 1792 BY LTS. QUIMP AND FIDALGO."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Hammer "She-Hat-Sed"E130977-0

Provenience 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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Blubber KnifeE23348-0

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBT LABEL WITH CARD 18920: "DAGGERS OF THE CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK). BLADE, LEAF-SHAPED, MADE OF OLD FILES. HILT, OF BONE, IN TWO PLACES RIVETED. OPEN AND FLAT TANG. THE GRIP IS SIMPLY CUT AWAY SLIGHTLY TO FORM A PLACE FOR THE HAND. IN ONE EXAMPLE A LOOP OF BRASS OCCUPIES THE PLACE OF A POMMEL. WASHINGTON STATE. 18,920; 23,348; 23,349. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

Culture
Makah ?
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cylindrical Stone PestleA43270-0
Bunch Cedar BarkE1145-0

FROM CARD: "PARTLY PREPARED."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Mat Needle "Kla-Koted"E130971-0

Provenience 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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Canoe PaddleE23526-0

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

Culture
Clallam ?, Haida ? or Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) ?
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dance-ClubE328603-0
MaskE23439-0

FROM CARD: "... NO. 23439 - NOOTKA MASK - ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 198; P. 635. NEG. NO. ... 86-11790." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEADDRESS.---BOX-SHAPED; MADE OF LIGHT WOOD, THE SIDES BEING CARVED AND PAINTED TO REPRESENT PROFILE OF HORSE'S HEAD JOINED AT NOSE AND WIDELY SEPARATED BEHIND. THE HOLE FOR TOP OF HEAD IS WELL BACK AND UNDERNEATH. WORN BY MAKAH INDIANS OF NEAH BAY IN THEIR DANCES. LENGTH, 22 INS. WIDTH, 11 INS. WASHINGTON TERRITORY, 1876. 23,439. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

Culture
Makah ? or Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) ?
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketryE313200-0