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Horn SpoonE43251-0
Cake Of Earthy White PaintE46486-0
Wood Carving - Shaman's WandE43247-0

Entry for this piece (under original # 20) in accession record list from donor/collector L. A. Beardslee calls it a shaman's wand and also says "octopus arm? pattern?" (the 2 words after octopus are hard to decipher in this handwritten list.)

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Stone Pestle, MarbleE43230-0
Grooved Stone Ax AdzeE46491-0
Stone AxE43236-0

FROM CARD: "43234-6. # 43236-WITH HANDLE."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Quartzite MortarE43231-0
Shaman's Rattle Raven RattleE46479-0

FROM CARD: "USED BY SHAMANS."Anthropology catalogue ledger book and accession record identify the locality as Hoonah, Alaska.

Culture
Tlingit and Hoonah
Made in
Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Bone CharmE43249-0

FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BONE OR IVORY CARVING (SHAMAN'S CHARM).---THE MIDDLE PORTION SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES THE BODY OF A MARINE WORM (NEREIS), IN HAVING LATERAL APPENDAGES. THE ENDS REPRESENT GROTESQUE HEADS, THE LONGER ONE BEING SPLIT AFTER THE FASHION OF A CLOWN'S BATON. SITKA, ALASKA, 1880. COLLECTED BY COM. L. A. BEARDSLEE, U. S. N. ."

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Wood Carving - Warrior With ShieldE43253-0