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Bark HeaddressE1038-0

FROM CARD: "QUAI-U-BADDY.-CIRCULAR BAND OF CEDAR-BARK FIBER, 1 1/2 INCHES BROAD, PENDANT BEHIND BEING LARGE BUNCHES AND ON SIDES LONG NARROW BUNCHES OF SAME. ON EACH SIDE ARE TWO ERECT TUFTS OF SAME IN WHICH ARE WRAPPED BUNCHES OF FEATHERS. WORN IN TSIARK, OR MEDICINE DANCE."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Lance For Killing WhaleE72639-0

From card: "12/13/66 1 harpoon point and sheath located. GP."Described p. 103 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Lance-head. New. Indian name, "Kathlat-te-uk." Head, steel; socket, wood, served with bark strips. Covered with a coating of spruce gum. Length, 7 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan. Used with a long pole (72674), and when thrust into a whale the lance becomes detached, and is recovered when the whale is cut up. A lance-head that has been successfully used acquires additional value, and for some of them the Indians ask a fabulous price."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Twined Covered BasketE381178-0
Cedar Bark BasketE360525-0
Indian BoxE23391-0
Dish Of YewE127857A-0
Gambling-Disks 10E239180-0

From card: "Polished disks of hardwood used in gambling. Tulalip is written on object."Circular wooden disks very similar to disks E130981. Stewart Culin identified E130981 as stick game, therefore E239180 may be disks for stick game also.

Culture
Salish
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BailerE72932-0
Basket Used To Hold Spearheads etc.E72665-0

From card: "Large. Kla-ash."Described p. 105 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Basket. A large basket,"Kla-ash," used by natives for holding spear-heads, harpoons, and lines, when sealing. Length, 28 inches. Port Townsend, Washington Territory, January, 1883. James G. Swan. These baskets are never offered for sale. The prices asked for them, when a native is induced to sell, exceed those for the ordinary baskets."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Knife For Splitting FishE18921-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN CHAS. RAU, PREHISTORIC FISHING IN EUROPE AND NO. AMERICA, SMITHSONIAN CONTRIB'S TO KNOWLEDGE 508, FIG. 336, P. 187 (1884)." From old James G. Swan label glued onto artifact: "ancient knife for splitting fish, Makah Indians, Neah Bay, W.T. Indian name Co-che-tin. J. G. Swan Dec 1874."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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