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Cedar Bark BasketE20685-0

FROM CARD: "SMALL."

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wooden HornE20687-0

FROM CARD: "5 CHAMBERED. MADE BY 6 STRIPS OF WOOD BEING HOLLOWED OUT TO FORM THE CHAMBERS. "AN OLD LABEL SAYS THAT IN EACH CHAMBER A PIECE OF FABRIC WAS STRETCHED." SENT AS EXCHANGE TO F. W. GALPIN. HATFIELD VICARAGE, HARLOW, ESSEX. NOV. 25, 1907. 6/3/54 IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE ABOVE EXCHANGE DESIGNATION WAS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE A SPECIMEN BEARING THIS NO. IS STILL IN THE COLLECTION AT THIS DATE.-R. ELDER. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 57, FIG. 301; P. 330; ALSO IN REPT., 1896, PL. 71, FIG. 3; P. 564." FROM SECOND CARD: "A WOOD WIND REED INSTRUMENT. A SINGLE REED INSTRUMENT OF THE RIBBON VARIETY. AN OVAL BLOCK OF WOOD DIVIDED INTO SIX LONGITUDINAL SECTIONS AND LASHED TOGETHER WITH TWISTED SINEWS. THE SECTIONS ARE SO HOLLOWED TO FORM FIVE CHAMBERS WITH LENTICULAR CROSS SECTIONS STARTING AT THE TOP FROM A SINGLE AIR PASSAGE. THE REEDS ARE OF THE RIBBON VARIETY LIKE A SYUAKER? FORMED BY PLACING A BLADE OF GRASS BETWEEN THE THUMBS. IN THIS INSTRUMENT THE REEDS ARE A STRIP OF SILK RIBBON, 3/8 IN. WIDE, PASSED IN AND AROUND THE SECTIONS AND STRETCHED TAUT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF EACH LENTICULAR AIR PASSAGE OR CHAMBER. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN PITCH OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. PRODUCING A VERY DISCORDANT SOUND. SEE U.S.M. REPORT 1888, P. 330, ILL. PL. LXI, NO. 319 AND LXII, NO 301. PL. VI-R P. 260, U.S.N.M. AR, 1888. SEE WILSON'S PREHISTORIC ART. P. 565, ILL. PL. 71, FIG. 314."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This wooden horn is possibly made from red cedar. Sound is produced from vibrations of hide inside.

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Plain Wooden SpoonE20670-0

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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RattleE20626-0

FROM CARD: "A BUCKSKIN BELT, ITS LOWER EDGE DIVIDED INTO STROPS 1/4 IN. WIDE, EACH STROP IS AGAIN DIVIDED INTO FIVE THONGS; FORMING A FRINGE TO EACH THONG IS ATTACHED A DEER'S HOOF."Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder) and Evelyn Windsor (Heiltsuk elder) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. These rattles are often attached to aprons. Today deer hooves, mountain goat toes, and puffin beaks are still used in these rattles.

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Paint BrushesE20632-0

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Flattened Pestle Or Rubber MalletE20601-0

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dancing MaskE20577-0

Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder), Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. The mask almost looks Inuit, unsure how it would be worn. It is possible that it was a clown due to its nose.

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Black Horn SpoonE20617-0

FROM CARD: "LONG CARVED HANDLE. 4/18/1967 LOANED: VANCOUVER ART GALLERY. 12/13/67 RETURNED. 7-9-75 LOANED: S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Adze For Finishing Inside Of CanoeE20641-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 1Z, PG. 2."

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Totem-Pole ModelE74747-0

From card: "Base - A, body - B, cap - C."From collector's label attached to artifact: "#70 [#]5 Totem pole. Bella Bella B.C. J.G. Swan, Pt. Townsend, W.T. Dec 1 1884."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. The wood is all from the same yellow cedar tree. This is actually another talking stick.

Culture
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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