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Snuff TubeE67868-0

FROM CARD: "67867-70. 3 SNUFF TUBES FOUND. INVENTORIED 1979."

Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Models Of Robes, Caps, etc.E45977-0

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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Ivory Handle and 2 Open RingsE67904-0

FROM CARD: "67904 LOANED TO C-H. 8/19/81. RETURNED TO NHB 2/15/82." SEE USNM AR 1895, P. 965 - 6, WHERE THIS ARTIFACT IS DESCRIBED: "BOW OR HANDLE. AN ALMOST SQUARE, SLIGHTLY CURVED SPECIMEN, WITH ENGRAVINGS ON ALL SIDES EXCEPTING THE UNDER OR CONCAVE ONE. THE TOP OR CONVEX SURFACE BEARS, AMONG OTHER OBJECTS, A LARGE UMIAK, THE FOUR OCCUPANTS OF WHICH ARE INDICATED BY THE HEADS, ARMS, AND PADDLES ONLY, THE VERTICAL BODY LINE BEING PURPOSELY OMITTED OR FORGOTTEN. SOME CONVENTIONAL TREES ARE USED AS ORNAMENTAL MARKINGS. THE SIDES BEAR SEAL HUNTS,... . EACH SIDE IS ORNAMENTED BY TWO DEEPLY INCISED GROOVES, ONE AT EITHER EDGE OF THE FACES OF THE BOW, AND THE ENGRAVINGS ARE DEEPLY AND FORCIBLY MADE, ALL BEING FILLED IN WITH BLACK. THOUGH MARKED AS FROM 'CHILKAT', THE SPECIMEN HAS THE CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE OF THE WORK DONE BY THE NATIVES OF NORTON SOUND."

Culture
Tlingit, Chilkat ? and Eskimo ?
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Box With Medicine Man's Masks, Robe etc.E45963-0

FROM CARD: "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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Mortar, StoneE45962-0

OVAL STONE PAINT MORTAR; ANIMAL FORM. REMNANTS OF BLUE GREEN PAINT IN MORTAR. Loan Museo Nacional de Antroplogia 5/18/64. Loan returned 2012.

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Ivory OrnamentE67871-0
Leather Pouch With Gambling-SticksE67899-0
Models Of Headdress & Bone NecklaceE45978-0

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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Model Of Fringed BeltE45979-0

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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Large Ladle From Horn Of Mountain SheepE45989-0

FROM CARD: "45989 LOANED TO RENWICK GALLERY 2/11/82. RETURNED 6/1983. LOANED TO SITES-TREASURES 5-10-84. RETURNED 11-19-84. HORN LADLE, CA. 1850-80. TLINGIT INDIANS; ALASKA. MOUNTAIN-SHEEP HORN 24 X 13 X 6 7/8 (61 X 33 X 17.5). LADLES MADE OF MOUNTAIN-SHEEP HORN WERE FABRICATED BY FIRST STEAMING AND BENDING THE HORN ON A MOLD AND THEN CARVING THE DESIRED DESIGN. RAVENS AND BIRDS OF PREY---SYMBOLS OF DEATH AND REINCARNATION ---ARE FREQUENTLY DEPICTED. THE FIGURE WITH THE RECURVED BEAK REPRESENTS THE SHARED SOUL OF MAN AND SPIRIT, INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN BIRD AND HUMAN."

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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