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Carrying BasketE360523-0

From card: "With woven tump line attached." Identified as southern Puget Sound style by Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 11-6-2007.

Culture
Salish and Thompson River ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Slate PipeE359118-0

From card: "Marked "Chilkat". This is carved, representing animal and human figures. It was undoubtedly made on the Queen Charlotte Islands and traded to the Chilkat. A bear-mother interpretation. Illus. in Barbeau, Haida Myths illus. in Argillite Carvings, NMC #127, p. 107." Illus. Pl. 81, p. 107 and described p. 150 in Bear Mother chapter of Barbeau, Charles Marius. 1953. Haida myths illustrated in argillite carvings. [Ottawa]: Dept. of Resources and Development, National Parks Branch, National Museum of Canada. Motifs identified there as "In a pipe group, the Bear reclines, on his back, on his captive, who is crawling on all fours. (Centre) The Flying-Frog sits up, her back to the Bear, and the berry picker has a skil [hat ring or potlatch ring] on her head. The young woman appears nude, her head and shoulders thrown back in prostration, her mouth wide open, a skil on her head."

Culture
Haida ?
Made in
Alaska, USA and British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Painted Wooden MaskE360977-0

Culture
Makah and Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden Knife-HandleE360476-0
Water Scoop Or Boat-BailerE360474-0
Bone CarvingE359468-0

From card: "This appears to be a pelvic bone on whiich is carved the head of some animal, utilizing the natural curvation of the bone for the mouth and eyes."

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Halibut-HookE360312-0
BasketE360814-0
Cover And BasketE360639-0
MaskE360978-0

Culture
Makah and Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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