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Fish-Spears, Native CopperE6564-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL 60; P1. 24, NO. 10; P. 48."Listed on page 49 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".

Culture
Tlingit and Sitka
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Shamans MaskE230061-0
BasketE306315-0
Wood DishE7969-0

FROM CARD: "CARVED."

Culture
Northwest Coast
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Totem-PoleE363309-0
Face Paint Material 1E233497-0

From card: "Piece of red fringe used for face paint."This material is described on the catalogue card as "fringe." It may be speculated that this material is actually a kind of fungus.Listed on page 47 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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PipeE1744-0

FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM BLOCK OF CLAY SLATE. (DUPLICATE CARD. COPIED FROM CATALOG). LABEL: "HAIDA INDIANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA".Argillite clay-type portrait pipe; human figure with bone head reclining on stem behind bowl.It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by Dr. John Evans during his surveying in Oregon and Washington Territories and Vancouver Island, 1851-1852 or 1853-1856?

Culture
Haida
Made in
Washington, USA ?; Oregon, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carved Wooden Dish Or BowlE9244-0

A wooden Head canoe-form bowl with rim inlaid with operculum shell. FROM CARD: "9244-54. NOS. 9244, 9250 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIGS. 34, 32; P. 394. [Both identified as canoe dishes in the publication.] 9244, 9248, 9252, 9253, 9254: THESE 5 SPECIMENS WERE LENT TO RENWICK "BOXES AND BOWLS" EXHIBITION ON 11-7-73. RETURNED 8-24-76." FROM CARD: "CANOE-FORM BOWL. WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA. ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 176. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS. CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N87, P.151." LOANED TO NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, OCT. 20, 1972. RETURNED: 5-29-73. LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25 1988."

Culture
Tlingit ?
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Curved KnifeE306323-0
Wooden PestleE306322-0

From card: "Neatly worked from cedar wood."Provenience note: provenience uncertain. Catalogue card lists Alaska as location, but also says "Point Near Plover Bay." The most well known "Plover Bay" is located in Eastern Siberia, Russia.

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