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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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Large Stone Mortar 1E89211-0
Halibut-HookE20889-1

Accession file identifies original #99 as 1 fish line made of spruce roots, and two Halibut hooks from Klawark [i.e Klawock] village. The fish line was given catalogue # E20888 and the two halibut hooks were given # E20889. Apparently during cataloguing, only E20888 was identified in the ledger book and catalogue card as Tlingit from Klawock; this information was not listed, apparently in an oversight, for the halibut hooks. The culture/locality information for E20889 has now been been changed to match E20888.

Culture
Tlingit and Hannegan
Made in
Klawock, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Double Whistle (Ks-A'Na)E89070-0