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HeadringE175511-0

FROM CARD: "1ST HEAD LAGAE OF NANGES TRIBE. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 179; P. 522."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Woodpecker Crest Headring06.331.7918

This would be used on top of the head to steady carrying baskets.

Culture
Hupa and Yurok
Material
woodpecker scalp, hide and fibre
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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HeadringE175526-0

FROM CARD: "OF GOSGEMOX. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 185; P. 527."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Headdress Used In Medicine DanceE4776-0

FROM CARD: "NO.4776-ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 199; P. 642." FROM CARD: "4776. HEAD-DRESS (QUAI-U-BADDY).-BAND OR HOOP OF FLEXIBLE WOOD, 1 INCH IN WIDTH, WRAPPED WITH CEDAR-BARK FIBER. PENDANT TO BACK IS A LARGE BUNCH, AND ON SIDES LONG NARROW BUNCHES OF SAME. STANDING ERECT ARE FOUR TUFTS OF SAME, TWO ON EACH SIDE. WORN IN TSIARK, OR MEDICINE DANCE, BY MAKAH INDIANS OF NEAH BAY. CIRCUMFERENCE, 25 INS. LENGTH OF FIBER, 18 INS. WASHINGTON TER., 1863. 4,776. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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HeadringE175509-0

FROM CARD: "OF THE SPEAKER OF NENALAADGIYAS. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 132; P. 486."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Headring, Cedar "Lagae"E175492-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 90; P. 455."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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HeadbandE169111-0

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK. USED IN THE 1ST AND 3RD DANCE. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 79; P. 450."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Nakoaktok
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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"Hamatsa" HeadringE129515-0

From card: "Front represents "Milky Way, side, the fabulous? A "hamatsa" head ring (see Boas, USNM AR 1895, p. 437ff) Illustrated in Boas p. 442, fig. 63 also in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 18, fig. 70, p. 272."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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