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Grass BasketE4760-1
Spoons Mtn. Goat's Horn 2E129981-0
3 Yew WedgesE74780-0
Kelp Fish Line With Float For Small FishE72644-0
Model Of Haidah CanoeE26761-0

FROM CARD: "FOR TRAVELING, FISHING ETC. WITH MASTS & PUSHING STICKS."

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Horn Spoons And Grease DishesE23397-0
Drinking CupE23373-0
Stone MaulE88952-0

Listed on page 44 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".

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Wooden Rattle (Shisha)E89079-0

From card: "Design: "Hoonyeh" the raven, its body hollowed to form the body of the rattle. On its breast is the conventional head of "Skamson" the sparrow hawk, on its back the prostrate form of "Ka-ka-tete" the whistling demon. The tail of the raven turns up forming the head of a king fisher, its beak plucking out the tongue of the demon. Carved by Ellsworth [a.k.a. Ellswarsh] a Skiddegate carver."Per the entry on E89186 in the website http://alaska.si.edu/, Ellsworth or Ellswarsh may refer to Daniel Eldjiwus [a.k.a. Daniel Elljuuwas], a chief and builder of the House of Contentment at Skidegate.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Wooden SwanE21599-0

FROM CARD: "ANIMAL-FORM BOWL; CARVED IN RELIEF; PAINTED BLACK, WHITE, RED, AND BLUE. LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76." FROM CARD: "21599. FROM: PAGE 48, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY; SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 24. ANIMAL-FORM BOWL WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; PAINTED BLACK, WHITE, RED, AND BLUE. LENGTH: 13 1/2 ALASKA. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN CATALOGED MARCH 2, 1876."

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