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Wooden MaskE219894-0

From card: "Mask of wood - from Blunden Harbor, on the mainland coast of British Columbia, S. W. of Segmom Inlet, the Kwakiutl people. It represents a wolf's head, and was worn upon festival occasions." Mask has movable eyes and lower jaw.

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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BasketE168268-0

FROM CARD: "COVERED. NOS. 168,267-8: ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; P1. 65; P. 548. NO. 168,267, 8 1/2" HIGH. 168,268, 6 3/4" HIGH. 168,269,7" HIGH. EXCHANGE FOR ACCESSION NO. 45,092. JAN. 12, 1906. 168268: NEG. #86-6985 & 86-6986."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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MaskE220183-0

Though catalogued as #1 in the collection, this object is actually #5 on the detailed list filed in the accession record.

Culture
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Made in
“Canada: British Columbia: Quadra Island / Cape Mudge Village” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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MaskE217409-0
PouchE168288-0

FROM CARD: "FUR."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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StencilE168361-0

FROM CARD: "WOOD."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 25 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List also identifies object as "Stencil of wood for stamping face for festival or ceremonial occasions for either men or women ... carved to represent a birds wing and eye."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 and Sitka
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Carver's Knife "Klu-Woo Shu-Wash"E209877-0
Basketry BowlE168251-2

FROM CARD: "BASKET. 1 GIFT TO ROCHESTER ATHENAEUM & MECHANICS INSTITUTE, FEB. 14, 1903. ONE-EXCHANGE-MR. G. D. E. SCHMELTZ LEIDEN MUSEUM, LEIDEN HOLLAND. MAY 1899."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Prepared Stems, For BasketryE209959-0
Cedar Bark MatE361312-0

From card: "Checkerboard weave. Formerly part of the George Emmons collection, cat. no. 168287 [which was part of Accession No. 28072, accessioned in 1894]."

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