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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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Chiton, Used As FoodE55397-0
PipeE89223-0

From card: "Label reads: "Haida Indians", "with one figure of a man seated on the stem.""Clay-type portrait pipe; two figures with bone or ivory heads sitting, back to back, on stem behind bowl.

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Carved TrencherE23498-0
BailerE72940-0

Goes with model boat, catalog number E72936.

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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