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Medicine Man's Dancing-DressE9287-0

FROM CARD: "MADE OF A SINGLE PIECE OF BUCKSKIN CUT INTO A FRINGE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS ORNAMENTED WITH SECTIONS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT'S HOOF AND BRASS THIMBLES. AT THE TOP IS A WOVEN BORDER OF PORCUPINE QUILLS TWO INCHES WIDE. FURTHER ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC DESIGNS. WORN BY MEDICINE MAN."

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Hammer With Wooden Handle (Ancient)E16387-0

REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983.Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 624, describes this object as "stone hammer, formerly in use among Sitka Thlinkets." Dall also notes that he had about six inches sawed off the handle, to pack it better.

Culture
Tlingit and Sitka
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Horn SpoonE306331-0
Small BoxE306379-0
Adze-HandleE306327-0
Carved Black Horn SpoonE9275-0
Carved Black Horn Ornament, Bird's HeadE46344-0
Basket WalletE306320-0
Horn LadleE16258-0
Carved Wooden Dish Or BowlE9252-0

FROM CARD: "9244-54. NOS. 9244, 9250 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIGS. 34, 32; P. 394. 9244, 9248, 9252, 9253, 9254: THESE 5 SPECIMENS WERE LENT TO RENWICK "BOXES AND BOWLS" EXHIBITION ON 11-7-73. RETURNED 8-24-76. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. (SEE FRONT OF CARD). LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."Listed on page 43 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
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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