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BasketryE313098-0
Elk Horn WedgeE20917-0
Elk Horn WedgesE20899-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 1J, PG. 2." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "WEDGE.---MADE OF ELK'S HORN. USED IN LUMBERING. THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST WERE ABLE BY MEANS OF WEDGES TO SPLIT OFF A SLAB OF ANY REQUIRED THICKNESS ALL AROUND A TREE, AFTER HACKING IN TO THE REQUIRED DEPTH ABOVE AND BELOW THE SLAB. LENGTH, 12 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 3 INCHES. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON. 20,899. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

Culture
Clallam
Made in
Dungeness, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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