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Stone AdzeE724-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED. #724 ILLUS. IN J. SWAN, INDIANS OF CAPE FLATTERY SMITHSONIAN INST., 1869, FIG. 15, P. 34."

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden SpoonE700-0

FROM CARD: "#700 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42, FIG. 238, P. 318. DEPOSITED."

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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PaddleE645-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED WITH SMITHSONIAN INST."

Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Chinook Paddles Model 2E642-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED WITH SMITHSONIAN INST." Note: Neg. #s 2002-12257 and 2002-12296 are photos of three of these paddle models with canoe model Catalogue # E2583.

Culture
Chinook
Made in
Oregon, USA ? or Washington, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Fishing Arrows And Net StretcherE650-0

FROM CARD: "OLD CATALOG CALLS THIS ONE OF SEVERAL "FISHING ARROWS," BUT THE TAG ATTACHED SAYS IT IS A "NET STRETCHER". A SMOOTH STICK, WRAPPED IN THREE PLACES WITH CEDAR (?) BARK. ILLUS., IN SMITHSONIAN REPORT FOR 1893, PL. 50, FIG. 1-2, P. 679." The card seems to refer only to the one stick that is (apparently) not an arrow, but there are also 9 arrows with this number.Records in the SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say that an unspecified number of fish arrows with this number were sent to the Trocadero in Paris in 1885.

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cedar Bark MatE681-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."

Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cedar Bark MatE682-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."

Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Slate PipeE10078-0

Appears to be a ship-motif argillite panel pipe.

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dish Carved From SlateE716-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."Incised relief decoration inside and out, including compass-drawn motifs.It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by George Gibbs during his time on the Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1860?

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Chest, OrnamentedE638-0

FROM CARD: "WOOD, WITH BLACK, RED AND GREEN PIGMENT, AND FIBER LASHINGS. ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 183. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 4, PG. 612. LOANED TO THE NAT'L GALLERY OF ART 10-20-72. FROM: P. 84, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG, RENWICK GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1974, OBJECT ILLUSTRATED ON SAME PAGE:'CHEST, WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF, PAINTED BLACK AND RED; KERFED AND PEGGED, LENGTH: 38. TSIMSHIAN?, FORT SIMPSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, COLLECTED BY GEORGE GIBBS.'"

Culture
Tlingit ? or Tsimshian ?
Made in
Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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