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Caribou Hunting CharmE395309-0

From card: "Gift of son-in-law of Harriet Whiskeychan, 1934. This bezoar is a round flat disk of fibrous material, taken from a caribou's neck, decorated with loops of faceted red beads around the perphery, and kept as hunting medicine. (A bezoar is a fibrous or calcareous growth occuring occasionally in numerous forms, in various parts of some animals.)"

Culture
Montagnais, Rupert House and Cree
Made in
Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Earthenware Pipe.A239126-0

Accession record notes that items in this collection were "found in ancient Huron Indian Graves"

Culture
Huron ?
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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AwlE395318-1
Wooden Spoons (Mutikwemikwan) 2E395288-0
Iron Wire Bracelets.A239134-0

Accession record notes that items in this collection were "found in ancient Huron Indian Graves"

Culture
Huron ?
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cast Of Indian PipeA7990-0
NecklaceE430181-0

SINGLE STRAND NECKLACE OF MULTI-COLORED DRIED INDIAN CORN KERNELS AND PORCUPINE QUILLS STRUNG ON BROWN COTTON THREAD KNOTTED TOGETHER AT ENDS. PATTERN IS FIVE KERNELS, TWO QUILLS FORMING AN X, REPEAT. PURCHASED IN 1983 FROM IROQRAFTS, OHSWEKEN, SIX NATIONS RESERVE, ONTARIO, CANADA BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT.

Culture
Algonquin
Made in
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Beaming ToolE153495-0
Deer Shoulder-Blade CharmE395302-0

From card: "Gift of Ethel Stevens, 1934. Scapula of a "Virginia deer." Hung on a tree to honor the deer. No working."

Culture
Montagnais, Rupert House and Cree
Made in
Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Slate "Whetstone"A392229-0