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Baskets (3)E168271-0

FROM CARD: "SMALL, CYLINDRICAL."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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4 Masks, From Box No. 3 (45963)E45976-0

FROM CARD: "(MODELS) USED BY MEDICINE MAN. CARDS #45976-9 DESCRIBE CONTENTS OF BOX #3 CARD #45963."Card for E45963, catalogued as "Box With Medicine Man's Masks, Robe etc." indicates that "FOR CONTENTS OF THIS BOX SEE #45976-9."

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Painted MatE229472-0
Portion Of A CarvingE274596-0

From card: "Black slate." Incised and carved relief decoration on both sides.

Culture
Indian
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Totem Carving In Black SlateE23340-0

FROM CARD: "TOTEMS." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL: "STONE CARVING. HAIDAH INDIANS, 1876. 23,340. QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN, PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. TER. MODEL OF POST SET UP IN FRONT OF HOUSES OF CHIEFS AND PRINCIPAL MEN TO INDICATE TOTEMS OR FAMILY NAMES OF OCCUPANTS." CATALOG CARD AND ACCESSION LEDGER SAY HAIDA, ALASKA.

Culture
Haida
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Shell Covered With Twined Basket WorkE418394-0

Culture
Makah and Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Fungus Growth For Yellow DyeE45967-0

FROM CARD: "1 MASS."This object is # 7 on McLean's list of objects in the accession file. He notes that this object was used as pigment to paint the face.

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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PestleE274116-0
Wooden DishE206540-0

From card: "Oblong with bowed sides bent. Bottom nailed on. Painted on sides."

Culture
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketEC341-0

Anthropology Conservation Lab records say the catalogue number for this basket may be E4755? If so, that would make it Makah, James G. Swan collection.

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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