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Doctor's HeaddressE18931-0

FROM CARD: "MADE OF HORNS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT."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
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Silver Ear-RingsE19550-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 14, P.260. INVENTORIED 1979."FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "EAR-RINGS (2).---MADE OF SILVER; PENDANT TO HOOKS FOR LOBES OF EAR ARE BELL-BUTTON SHAPED ORNAMENTS, WITH EXTERIOR ENGRAVED. HAIDAH INDIANS, PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO. EXTREME LENGTH, 1 1/4 INS. LENGTH OF PENDANT, 3/4 IN. ALASKA, 1875. 19,550. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

Culture
Haida
Made in
Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone War-Club (Ancient)E20840-0

From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1890; Pl. 72, fig. 1; p. 416 Woman's knife, Kootznoo Indians (Kolushan stock)."From old label glued to artifact: "Ancient War Weapon, Koutznow Indians, Admiralty Island, Chatham Strait, Alaska Ter. June 24 1875 J.G. Swan"

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu ?
Made in
Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bottle Covered With Straw PlaitE4126-0
Engraved Silver BraceletsE19543-0

FROM CARD: "PLAIN BRACELET. INVENTORIED 1979." FROM CARD: "BRACELET.---MADE OF SILVER COIN, HAMMERED INTO THE REQUIRED SHAPE. NO ORNAMENTATION AND NO CLASP. WIDTH, 2/3 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 19,543. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN." FROM CARD: "BRACELETS (4).---SILVER BANDS, FROM 5/16 TO 11/16 INCH BROAD, BENT IN CIRCLETS; WITH OPEN-SPRING CLASPS, PLAIN AND BURNISHED EXTERIORS. SITKA INDIANS. GREATEST DIAMS., 2 3/8 TO 2 1/2 INS. LEAST DIAMS., 2 INS. ALASKA, 1875. 19,546, 19,545, 19,544, 19,543. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Doctor's Medicine Charms; Carved Teeth Of OrcaE89229-0

Listed on page 46 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)".

Culture
Haida
Made in
Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Medicine-WomanE46498-0

From Swan original tag with artifact: [Represents] "Indian woman from Cooks Inlet a medicine or conjurer, [presumbably collected in] Sitka, Alaska, 1881, J.G. Swan." Brass? button on right wrist of figure is decorated with Heraldic eagle grasping a bundle of arrows and an olive branch; eagle has shield on breast with an I? in center of shield.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Spoon From Horn Of Mountain Goat, Carved By Haida IndiansE88909-0
Cured SalmonE25284-0
Carved Dish Resembling The MurreE56453-0

FROM CARD: "50CTS. ."

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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