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Bone OrnamentE9813-14
This amulet marked with (incorrect?) number 9819
- Culture
- Haida, Tsimshian, Nass River and Nisga'a
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Deer Skin GartersE10312-0
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Bear Paws, Dried OrnamentalE9530B-0
FROM CARD: "ONE PAW IS BROWN AND MEASURES 9" LONG. THE OTHER IS GREY AND 11" LONG. BOTH ARE LABELLED U. AMERICANUS [American black bear = Ursus americanus]."
- Culture
- Tlingit and Tongass
- Made in
- Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Wooden Dish Bears FootE9095-0
Listed on page 43 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".
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Bone OrnamentE9813-10
- Culture
- Haida, Tsimshian, Nass River and Nisga'a
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Lip-Ornament StoneE9084-0
FROM CARD: "ON EXHIBIT ARCHAEOLOGY HALL."
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Horn-Black (?)E9109-0
Carved Bone Used By Medicine ManE10983-0
FROM CARD: "FOUND IN PILE OF BLANKETS IN TRADERS ROOM. SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE BY INDIANS TO WORK INJURY TO THE TRADER. 4/17/67: LOAN DATA-HAS BEEN BROKEN & REPAIRED. 4/18/67:LOANED TO VANCOUVER ART GALL. ILLUSTRATED AS #234 IN ARTS OF THE RAVEN BY DUFF, HOLM AND REID - THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1967. 12/13/67: RETURNED BY VANCOUVER. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.; CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 451, P.312. LOAN RETURNED; JAN 21 1993." From photo caption in the Crossroads of Continents catalogue: "Soul Catcher, Tsimshian. Like most soul catchers, this one ... has large, toothed, wolflike heads at each end and a humanoid face in the middle .... It resembles the Kwakiutl supernatural being, Sisiutl, whose usual form is a serpent with a head at each end of his body and a humanoid face in the center (Holm 1983:55-57). Serpent figures were also used as motifs on ceremonial clothing .... "
- Culture
- Tsimshian and Gitksan
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Fur Cap With OrnamentsE10310-0
- Culture
- Tlingit and Tongass
- Made in
- Tongass, Tongass Island, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
Stone Carved BustE9085-0