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MaskE4119-0

FROM CARD: "LIKE A MUMMIED HEAD. ILLUS. IN J. SWAN, INDIANS OF CAPE FLATTERY, SMITHSONIAN INST., 1869; FIG. 36, P. 69. EXHIBIT HALL 9, 1987. IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT LABEL AS PUKMIS, MAKAH."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Bowl Or TrencherE18915-0
Canoe PaddleE26769-0
Buckskin Dancing BlanketE88730-0
SealE72927-0
Carved Wooden FigureE73756-0
Carved Horn Spoons And Grease DishesE23395-0
Dugout CanoeE74202-0

From card: "Trans. fr. Boat Hall to Div. Ethnol. Oct 23, 1899. Refer: Collins' MS. p. 880." From H. Collins' Smithsonian Boat Collection Ms. p. 880: "Makah sealing canoe. Used by the Makah Indians at Neah Bay, Washington, chiefly for hunting the fur seal. Collected by J.G. Swan, Neah Bay, Washington, 1887 [sic, should be 1884]. A open flat bottom, keeless dugout canoe, with flaring sides; long, sharp, overhanging bow, terminating in beak-like point; nearly vertical sharp stern; rather straight on top except at bow which curves up sharply. Painted black all outside."This canoe is described in some detail (identified as the 15 foot canoe) in James Swan's letter dated October 16, 1884, filed in accession # 15152. It is also listed as # 39 on the Swan invoice/list dated October 30, 1884 in accession 15152. Paddles E74771 may go with this canoe? See remarks for E74771.

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Seal Cup For Holding Oil For FoodE56451-0

FROM CARD: "25 CTS. ."

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Medicine Man's Paint-BagE20911-0

Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies Catalogue #s E20827 and E20911 as Swan original # 61. List in accession file identifies # 61 as "1 box containing complete outfit of an Indian medicine man, Hannegan Indians, Klawark village, P. of Wales Island, Alaska." Catalogue Nos. E20828 - 38 may be related objects?

Culture
Tlingit and Hannegan
Made in
Klawock, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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