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Basket-SlingE23471-0

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BASKET STRAP.---A BAND MADE OF YARN OF VARIOUS COLORS WOVEN IN ZIG-ZAG DESIGNS, WITH A PLAITED ROPE ATTACHED TO ONE END. USED TO FACILITATE THE CARRYING OF HEAVILY LADEN BASKETS. THE ROPES ARE FASTENED TO THE BASKET, WHICH IS HELD ON THE BACK BY THE WOVEN STRAP PLACED OVER THE FOREHEAD OF THE CARRIER. WIDTH, 2 3/4 INCHES. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 23,471. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

Culture
Clallam
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Cane, Crab Apple Wood, KillerE89129-0
Prepared Cake Of Sea WeedE21164-0

FROM CARD: "FOR FOOD. FUCUS LAMINARIA & C. SEE U.S.N.M. DIST. 5-26-77, EX. PEABODY MUS."

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Mortar And PestleE20876-0

Accession file identifies original #91, Catalogue No. E20876, as stone mortar and pestle from Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu people], Alaska. Anthropology Catalogue ledger book lists locality as Admiralty Island.

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bark Of Cedar PreparedE129986-0

From card: "Cedar= Inner bark of arbor vitae. Blanket twine &c are made from it." From Swan tag with artifact: "This bark was formerly woven into blankets as is now down by some of the tribes of the West Coast of Vancouver Id. The inner bark of common cedar of N.W. Coast arbor vitae for textile fabrics Bedding of infants, twine, lines, basket work +c."

Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cod Fish-HookE14280-0
Canoe PaddleE23538-0

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

Culture
Clallam ?, Haida ? or Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) ?
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Grass BasketE9229-0
Model Of Fishing Canoe, Complete, OutfitE72907-0
Carved Dish 1E88838-0

From card: "Carved from mountain sheep horn."

Culture
Haida and Masset
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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