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Wooden Bowl Or TrencherE18913-0

FROM CARD: "ANIMAL-FORM BOWL. LOANED RENWICK GA. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."FROM CARD: "FROM: PAGE 47, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY; SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 21.ANIMAL-FORM BOWL WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF LENGTH: 13 1/2 (TLINGIT), SITKA, ALASKA. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. CATALOGED SEPTEMBER 28, 1875."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Basket-SlingE23472-0

FROM CARD: "23470-76. #23472 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 142; P.453. #23472: ILLUS. FIG. 99, P. 72 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PRESS, 1989." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BASKET STRAP.--A WOVEN BAND OF RED, WHITE, AND BLACK YARN WITH A PLAITED ROPE ATTACHED TO EACH END. USED TO FACILITATE THE CARRYING OF HEAVILY LADEN BASKETS. THE ROPES ARE FASTENED TO THE BASKET, WHICH IS HELD UPON THE BACK BY THE WOVEN BAND, WHICH EXTENDS OVER THE FOREHEAD OF THE CARRIER. WIDTH, 2 1/4 INCHES. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 23,472. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."E23472, ET14189, and E23470 are visible in a display case at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, as part of the Smithsonian Institution and United States National Museum exhibits in the United States Government Building, featuring "American Aboriginal Handicraft Types of Weaving" presented by Department of Anthropology. USNM Neg. No. 13764. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 62A, Folder 12, Image No. SIA_000095_B62A_F12_003. https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_401053 .

Culture
Clallam
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Carved TrencherE23500-0
Pair Of Stone Knives And Forks And One SteelE88995-0
BasketE1159-0

FROM CARD [for 1155 through 1159]: "WITH TWO MINIATURE BOTTLES..."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Double-Reed (Sk-A'Na)E89139-0

From card: "Carved wood, in two longitudinal sections. There is a passage from end to end and a wooden double reed packed in the tail. The two sections lashed together. Design: Orca the whale killer (a.k.a. killerwhale), its eyes and nostrils are inlaid with copper. The upper part of body is stained black, the lower part the natural color of the wood."

Culture
Haida
Made in
Skedans, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Grass BasketE9227-0
Wood Halibut-HookE88785-0
Dance RattleE88796-0
Carved Wood RattleE23335-0

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD, IN TWO SECTIONS, TIED TOGETHER AT THE EDGES AND PINNED AT THE HANDLE. DESIGN, A BIRD WITH OPEN WINGS. ONE ITS BREAST A CARVED MASK. ON THE BACK IS A HUMAN FIGURE IN RELIEF WITH A FROG ON HIS BREAST. EATING HIS TONGUE. THE TAIL OF THE BIRD REPRESENTS THE HEAD AND BEAK OF A BIRD. PAINTED RED, GREEN AND BLACK. USED IN THEIR RELIGIOUS DANCES."

Culture
Tsimshian and Makah
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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