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Halibut-Hook, Iron ProngE20656-0

FROM CARD: "20656-7. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; P1. 31, FIG. 161; P. 286."FROM CARD: "HALIBUT HOOK.---LARGEST TYPE. MADE FROM THE FORKED BRANCH OF A TREE, DRESSED DOWN TO NEAT DIMENSIONS. IRON BARB; CARVED WOODEN FLOAT. CAPABLE OF BRINGING UP HALIBUT WEIGHING FROM 50 TO 120 POUNDS. TSIMSHIAN INDIANS (CHIMMESYANSTOCK), FORT SIMPSON, B. C. 20,656. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

Culture
Tsimshian
Made in
Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Chisel Set In New Wooden HandleE20605-0

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Part Of Clothing Set: Buckskin Shirt Or TunicE20782-0

FROM CARD: "A=SHIRT. B=LEGGINGS. LOANED TO THE S. I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. (SHIRT ONLY) A. LOAN RETURNED APR 22 1987."Re photos: Neg. # 31919B is bw view of front of shirt; 31918D is bw view of back.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Harpoon-PointE74208-0
Yew Paddles For FishingE72694-0
Cylindrical StoneE89230-0
Carved Wood RattleE20875-0

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD RATTLE, PAINTED RED AND BLACK. DESIGN: A HUMAN HEAD WITH A PROTRUDING TONGUE "USED IN THE SECRET SOCIETIES." (DR. BOAS). ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 209; P. 656 (HAIDA) ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 264. LEDGER LISTS PEOPLE AS "KOUTZNOW INDIANS," KOUTZNOW IS PROBABLY A VARIATION OF HUTSNUWU, A TLINGIT GROUP, SEE BAE BULLETIN 30.. 20,875 LOANED TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART OCTOBER 20, 1972. RETURNED 5-29-73. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 12B, PG. 250."Accession file identifies original #90, Catalogue Nos. E20874 - 75, as 2 war rattles. Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies them as from Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu people, which was transcribed on the catalogue card as Kountznow's], Chatham Strait, Alaska. Prince of Wales Island has been written on the artifacts themselves by the museum cataloguer and added to the catalogue cards. For E20875, Prince of Wales Island has been crossed off the catalogue card and Kootznahoo Inlet has been written over the culture name. The catalogue entry on this object in "The Far North" exhibit catalogue, assumed the object was Tlingit, probably from Admiralty Island from the vicinity of Angoon, and identifies motif as bear.

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Whaling PaddleE26775-0
Indian Grass MattingE54127-0

FROM CARD: "54126-35. #54127 - 80 X 44 IN."

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Tent Pin, Mallet Wood 2E20630-0

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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