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From Card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1893, pl 22, p 644... fig 1."Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.Shirley Kendall, Virginia Oliver, and Alan Zuboff made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This robe is made of moose-hide, winter moose in particular according to Alan, and isn't smoked. This object is only top-stitched, not stitched all the way through. Virginia noted the presence of porcupine quills and commented that she didn't know Tlingits had fringed garments such as this. Alan commented that the wood with the object looks like something that would be on armor.
FROM CARD: "60145-48. 60146 SPOON IN SHAPE OF KILLER-WHALE."Listed on page 42 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".
As of 2009, E67979 consists of a dagger and two sheaths, and E67980, E67981, E67983, and E67984 consist of 1 dagger, each, though originally catalogued as including sheaths. It is possible that one of the sheaths currently numbered E67979 may actually belong with the dagger E67980, E67981, E67983 or E67984?Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.
FROM CARD: "PAINTED AND ORNAMENTED WITH BEARS TEETH."
Listed on page 48 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)".
Card for E45963, catalogued as "Box With Medicine Man's Masks, Robe etc." indicates that "FOR CONTENTS OF THIS BOX SEE #45976-9."
Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.