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Argillite Totem-Pole ModelE13146-0

FROM CARD: "SEE ALSO CATALOGUE CARD FOR 13145. INVENTORIED 1980." Old labels glued onto back of totem pole model identify some of motifs as (from top) bear, wolf, and sea lion.The accession record lists "3 pieces stone carving by Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Island B.C." as part of this accession. This object may be one of those pieces.

Culture
Haida ?
Made in
Washington, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Indian Grass MattingE54133-0

FROM CARD: "54126-35. #54133 - 94 X 44"."

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wood Carving Of Orcater With SealE73745-0

This object is # 7 on Swan invoice/list of contents of box 2 in accession file. It is listed there as "1 carving in wood killer [whale] orca ater cope with seal, Sitka Indians."

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone FlesherE20877-0
Table MatE20725-1

FROM CARD: "EX. CANTERBURY MUS. JUNE 1900. GIFT-TO MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA. AUG. 6, 1906. C/O DR. F. Y. JAMESON, PRES'T."

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Chief's Official Staff, OrcaE89101-0
Salmon-Net, Made Of Fibre Of EpilobiumE88757-0
Spoon From Horn Of Mountain SheepE88914-0
Bottle Covered Straw Plait 5E23309-0

FROM CARD: "BOTTLE.--COVERED WITH BASKET WORK. COILED WEAVING OF WHITE, BLACK, YELLOW, AND BROWN SPRUCE ROOT, BLENDED SO AS TO FORM A PLEASING SYSTEM OF CIRCLES. HEIGHT, 11 INCHES; DIAMETER, 3 1/8 INCHES. MAKAH INDIANS (WAKASHAN STOCK), NEAH BAY, WASHINGTON, 1876. 23,309. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Records in SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say this was sent to E Lovett in GB (Great Britain?) in April 1889. Either this is incorrect (it is still here!) or it was later returned to the museum.

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Smoking PipeE88724-0