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Whetstone "Hootz-Oo-Wu, Tuh-Gha Nar"E209889-0
Bone CutE209895-0
Wood Carving - Warrior With ShieldE43253-0
PaintE168364-0

FROM CARD: "FUNGUS GROWTH."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 28 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List also identifies object as "Fungus growth of hemlock, for paint?, which is charred?, rubbed off and used for painting the face for daily use, to save the complexion."

Culture
Tlingit and Sitka
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carver's Knife "Klu-Woo Shu-Wash"E209878-0
Wooden MaskE73779-0
FloatE43237-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 29, FIG. 140, P. 286." Publication caption identifies as a halibut line float of cedar wood, carved to represent a shag or duck.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wood Carving - Witch Under TortureE43239-0
BasketE168259-6

FROM CARD: "CYLINDRICAL. SAYERS. ILLUS. FIG.115, P.109 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PEN. PRESS, 1989. 1. EX. LEIDEN MUS. MAY /99. EX. GLEN IS. MUS., 11/95. EXCHANGE FOR MODEL COSTUMES KIOTO GIRLS' HIGHER NORMAL SCHOOL KIOTO, JAPAN APRIL 12, 1905. EXCHANGE FOR AWARD-MISS MARY H. CORBETT U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 20, 1906. EXCHANGE: MRS. J. G. SAYERS 110 MARYLAND AVENUE 4/10/1897. WASHINGTON, D.C."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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ScraperE168359-0

FROM CARD: "BONE."Provenience note: List in accession file appears to attribute #s 19, 20, 21, 22?, 23 and 24 to the Chilkat Tlingit of Klukwan. List identifies all as scraping, skinning and dressing tools for hides/skins. This object is most likely # 22 on the list.Listed on page 47 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
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Klukwan, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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