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Jade CeltE233461-0
BasketE316959-0
Slate Totem-PoleE316927-0
Carved Spatula SpoonE316916-1

From card: "Wood, one surface on each carved in low relief. [E316916-1] Loan: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, may 18, 1964." Loan returned 2012.Carved soapberry spoon with flat spatulate serving end.

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Painted BasketE229471-0
BeltE153762-0
Totem-PoleE333921-0

From card: "Old Kasaan, east coast, Prince of Wales Id., s.e. Alaska. Stood in front of "furthest forward house," K!atE-nE (K!at-nes, " front house") owner, Nesteu or Nastao, erected c. 1877. Totems from top down: two cloud-hatted watchers of high rank; head of bearded man, Nenki'lslas "Great One in the Sea"; eagle; killerwhale woman, with labret, tail turns up in front of pole; killerwhale, the face between his ears said to be his fin (informant Fannie Jones called this a shark "k!at, not the killerwhale). Literature: M. Barbeau: "Totem Poles, vol. II, p. 575. A.P. Niblack "The Coast Indians ... Rept. U.S.N.M., 1888. 6/12/68 - Many additional views of this specimen in the field are available in the SOA Archives [National Anthropological Archives]. GP"Catalogue card lists a number of (old) black and white photo negative numbers for this artifact, however as of 2019 Smithsonian Institution Archives Photo Services could not locate any of these negatives in their files, and the Department of Anthropology does not have any prints made from these negatives in their files.

Culture
Haida and Kaigani
Made in
Old Kasaan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Headdress Or HelmetE233493-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. BAE AR 26, 1904-05, FIG. 105, P. 419. HOLLOWED OUT OF A SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD CA. 2 INCHES THICKNESS, WITH A GROOVE CUT JUST INSIDE THE LIP AREA FOR THE INSERTION OF SEPARATELY CARVED ROWS OF WOODEN TEETH, ONLY PART OF THOSE ON THE LOWER JAW LEFT (AS OF 1954). LIP AREA PAINTED BLUE. ALL BUT THE LIPS COVERED WITH SKIN WITH HAIR ON, ATTACHED AROUND THE LIPS WITH WOODEN PEGS. DOUBLE FLAPS OF SKIN SEWN ON TO FORM EARS. 'OWNED BY 'JIM COONIE', A KACHADI.'"

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Painting On WoodE328606-0

From card: "Makah informant, Young Doctor, painted this design to illustrate a vision he had. While on a journey his canoe was surrounded by wolves. Figure in center represents the man, the two animals at the ends, in profile, are the wolves. Design in red, green, black, yellow, and blue. Figure is composite."

Culture
Makah
Made in
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Beaded Flannel PouchE316632-0

From card: "Floral design on red flannel." Note: small drawing of bag is on reverse of catalogue card.

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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