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Fish HookE306350-0

LEDGER SAYS SENT TO DR. S.C. WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 1933.From card: "Shank of halibut hook carved to represent a duck."

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Cedar Bark MatE394477-0
Carved Wooden Figure Or Totem-PoleE16294-0

FROM CARD: "CRUDELY CARVED OF CEDAR WOOD, ONE FIGURE ON TOP OF OTHER. LOWER ONE A SEATED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A FACE CARVED ON THE BACK OF ITS HEAD, UPPER ONE STANDING ON TOP OF THE LOWER HOLDING A LIZARD-LIKE ANIMAL IN FRONT OF ITS TORSO, HAS A CROWN WITH UPSTANDING ELEMENTS."

Culture
Tlingit and Yakutat
Made in
Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Dance Head OrnamentE7939-0
Twined BasketE379791-0

From card: "Overlaid designs in color forming banded figures consisting of triangles and [right-facing] swastika."Note: The swastika is usually considered a non-traditional Tlingit basket design symbol. It was popular in the early 20th century in Europe and North America as a good luck symbol but disappeared from use after it became negatively viewed because of its association with the Nazi party.

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Spoon Handle Carved In Black HornE7897-0

Provenience uncertain. Catalogue lists locality as Unalaska/Ounalaska, i.e. Aleutian Islands, but object is stored with Northwest Coast/Tlingit.

Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Aprons 2E169117-0

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK."

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Black Horn SpoonE9273-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS. FIG.61, P.59. CATALOGUE."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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PowderhornE9290-0
WalletE153550-0