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Cast Of Mortar (of catalog number 220,185)E229786-0

REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983. "MANUFACTURED BY ANTHRO LAB."Ledger book says that the mortar is Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and from Alaska (an apparent mismatch), but the original mortar, catalog number 220185, has been re-identified as possibly Tlingit and/or from Skeena River, BC. See catalog number 220185.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Carved Stone OrnamentE229549-0

No catalog card found in card fileModel of E46343 made in the Anthropology Lab for exhibit purposes (# is written on the artifact). Original is from Sitka, Alaska with no culture identified, though it has been attributed as Tlingit.Anthropology Catalogue ledger book indicates this is a model of artifact E46343, modeled by the Anthropology Laboratory for exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The ledger lists the name of C.R. Luscombe, who is presumably the model maker.

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat ?
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Killer Whale AmuletE229546B-0

Illustrated in Crossroads of Continents, fig. 374, pg. 273 , and described as "a killer whale amulet made from walrus ivory traded from the Bering Sea".From card: "This piece depicts a NW Coast 'killer' whale. There is a [wooden] copy of this piece [catalog number E]229546A. Loan: Lowie Museum (BC) 12/31/64 Loan returned: 2/15/66. Loaned to Vancouver Art Gallery 4/18/67Anthropology Catalogue ledger book indicates this and E229546A are both models of artifact 9641, modeled by the Anthropology Laboratory for exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The ledger lists the name of C.R. Luscombe, who is presumably the model maker.

Culture
Indian
Made in
Fort Tongass, Tongass Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cast Of Mortar (Catalog number 220,186)E229787-0

REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983. "MANUFACTURED BY ANTHRO LAB."No catalog card found in card fileLedger book says that the mortar is Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and from Alaska (an apparent mismatch), but the original mortar, catalog number 220186, has been re-identified as possibly from Skeena River, BC. See catalog number 220186.

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Killer Whale Effigy AmuletE229547-0

No catalog card found in card fileAnthropology Catalogue ledger book indicates this is a model of artifact E9813-1, modeled by the Anthropology Laboratory for exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The ledger lists the name of C.R. Luscombe, who is presumably the model maker.Listed on page 45 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".

Made in
Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Carved Stone OrnamentE229550-0

Model of Catalogue No. E45968 made in the Anthropology Lab for exhibit purposes. Original is from Chilkat Tlingit, Alaska.No catalog card found in card fileAnthropology Catalogue ledger book indicates this is a model of artifact E45968, modeled by the Anthropology Laboratory for exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The ledger lists the name of C.R. Luscombe, who is the model maker.Illus. Fig. 72 p. 71 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Identified there as killer whale amulet.

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Model Of War Club (213,532)E222197-0

REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983. "MANUFACTURED BY ANTHRO LAB, BY CRS. L.P. EXPO. ST. LOUIS 1904."

Culture
Haida
Made in
Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Mask: "Thunderbird" ( 88935)E229746-0

REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983. "MANUFACTURED BY ANTHRO LAB. L.P. EXPO. ST LOUIS 1904."

Culture
Haida
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Whistle, WhaleE224416-0

Listed on page 42 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Killer Whale Amulet, Carved Wooden CopyE229546A-0

From card: "This is a copy of original specimen [E]229546B. The two pieces are identical depicting a NW Coast 'killer' whale." Copy made for exhibition purposes. Original is from Fort Tongass, Alaska.Anthropology Catalogue ledger book indicates this and E229546B are both models of artifact 9641, modeled by the Anthropology Laboratory for exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The ledger lists the name of C.R. Luscombe, who is presumably the model maker.

Culture
Indian
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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