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Probably Top Of A Basketry HatE360696-0

From card: "Twined, decorated by a painted four-pointed blue star."This might possibly be the top for hat # E360689?

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden SpoonE360323-0
Basketry HatE360685-0

Hat has a partial original tag which says "Mrs. Froh..., Pacific ... , 13 & Washi...". This is presumably "Mrs. Frohman". On p. 542 of Mason, Otis T., and Frederick V. Coville. 1904. Aboriginal American basketry: studies in a textile art without machinery. Washington: Govt. Print. Off. https://archive.org/details/aboriginalbasket00masorich , there is listed a Mrs. J. Frohman of Portland, Oregon, who is identified as having a collection of West Coast basketry and matting. She and her collection are also mentioned starting p. 259 in James, George Wharton. 1909. Indian basketry, and How to make Indian and other baskets. New York: Malkan. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3599575;view=1up;seq=265 ; a number of her baskets are also illustrated in this publication. On pp. 73 - 74 of Wray, Jacilee. 2012. From the hands of a weaver: Olympic Peninsula basketry through time. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10828042, Mrs. Frohman is mentioned as a basket collector, and it is also noted: "The Frohman Trading Company published a catalog [in 1902 etc.] offering "Alaska, California, and Northern Indian Baskets and Curios” for sale to both a wholesale and retail market." While a number of the above references refer to her as Mrs. J. Frohman, she is assumed to be the same person as the one listed on p. 36 in American Society of Curio Collectors. 1902 Yearbook where there is an entry under "Collectors of Indian Baskets" for "Mrs. I. Frohman, corner Thirteenth and Washington streets, Portland, Ore." See also "A Business Woman In Japan" in The sun. (New York [N.Y.]), 03 Dec. 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1911-12-03/ed-1/seq-21/ .

Culture
Haida
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Woven PlaqueE361585-0
Horn DishE360339-0

From card: "Mountain sheep horn. Old specimen. Formerly part of the E. H. Harriman Coll. [Accession # 54171 for year 1912]. See [former] catalog number 274,233. Probably Tlingit. Data written on bottom of specimen is 'Tongass Narrows, Alaska'." Note: Harriman Accession was collected by John Green Brady, 1878 - 1909.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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SkirtE361037-0
NecklaceE359267-0

Culture
“Not Given” ?
Made in
“Not Given” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE360807-0
BasketE360937-0

Culture
Clallam ?
Made in
USA ? or Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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NecklaceE359288-0

Culture
“Not Given” ?
Made in
“Not Given” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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