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Rattle, Medicine Man'sE4121-0

FROM CARD: "SIMILAR TO 4,120, EXCEPT THAT THE COVER HAS A WEASEL CARVED ON IT. THE BODY IS PLAIN AND SOMEWHAT OF AN ENLOGATED EGG-SHAPE."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wood Halibut-HookE88783-0
Cedar Bark BundlesE23350-0

FROM CARD: "SEE U.S.N.M. DIST. 5-26-77 EX. PEABODY MUSEUM." Anthropology catalogue ledger book indicates part of this exchanged with Trocadero Museum, France, July 1885.See Cat. 126 p. 197 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. Entry is on Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.76, which their records incorrectly identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E25350. It is probably instead formerly E23350.

Culture
Makah ?
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Clyoquot Indians Wolf's Head MaskE56464-0

FROM CARD: "$4.00. ILLUS. IN BAE BULL. 144, PL. 5-B, P. 460. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 9A, PG. 403."

Culture
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) and Clayoquot
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Paint Dish, AncientE89023-0
Grass BasketE9230-3
Whalebone ImplementE20609-0

FROM CARD: "FOR PREPARING BARK FIBRE FOR WEAVING. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 1NN, PG. 3." Identified in Handbook caption as a bark processing tool.Bark beater.

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Salmon-Net, Made Of Fibre Of EpilobiumE88758-0
Whistle (Sk-A'Na)E89066-0
Carved Iron Knife And SheathE20831-0

FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: HANNEGAN INDS. REMARKS: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 24, FIG. 101; P. 278. *HANNEGAN INDIANS. KLAWARK VILLAGE, PRINCE WALES IS. (HENYA TLINGIT). ALT SPELLING: HANEGA. HANNEGAS. SEE HODGE, HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIANS." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CARVING TOOL AND SHEATH.---LONG CURVED HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY. BLADE OF IRON RIVETED TO THE HANDLE. SHEATH OF LEATHER. LENGTH, 17 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 3/4 INCHES. ESKIMO [sic] OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,831. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."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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