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Introduction

Ethnographic Gallery

January 1, 1993 - December 1, 1994

Selected Objects

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Tulare Native North American

Basket Bowl, 1900s
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Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Northwest Coast Native American, Northwest Coast

Fish Club, ca. 1900
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Tlingit Native North American, Northwest Coast

Frontlet (Shakee.at), late 1800s
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Haida Native North American

Spoon
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Tlingit Native North American

Spoon
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Mexican

Palma, 600 - 900
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Mexican Olmec

Olmec Baby, 1200 - 1000 BCE
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Native North American, California

Bowl, ca. 1900
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Native North American, Southwest

Bowl, early 1900s
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Tlingit Native North American

Rattle-lid basket, early 1900s
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Native North American

Jar, 900-1100
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Chimú

Jug, 900-1476
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Native North American

Oval Box, 1800s
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Chimú, Peru

Whistling Jug, 900-1476 CE
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Native North American, Northwest Coast

Man with Killer Whale, ca. 1900
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Chinese

Kanzan and Jittoku, 1500s
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Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) Native North American

Box
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Malian (ancient style)

Headdress in Form of Male Antelope
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Hopi Native North American, Arizona

Sa'lakwmana (Shalako Maiden) figure, early 1900s
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A:shiwi (Zuñi) Native North American, New Mexico

Kachina Doll
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Chimú, Peru

Textile, 1000s
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Bijogo, Guinea-Bissau Africa

Figural Spoon, 1800s
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Native North American

Box, late 1800s
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Aztec (ancient culture)

Spider monkey, 1200-1521
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Malian (ancient style)

Headdress in Form of Female Antelope with Young
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Congolese, Probably Shoowa, Northern Kuba kingdom

Textile Panel, late 1800s - early 1900s
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Mochica, Peru

Stirrup Jug with Skeleton, 1300s-1400s
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Attributed to Susie White

Tray, early 1900s
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Peruvian

Loom
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Pomo Native North American

Bowl, early 1900s
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A:shiwi (Zuñi) Native North American, New Mexico

Kachina Doll, early 1900s
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Tulare or Yokuts Native North American

Necked jar, late 1800s - early 1900s
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Haida Native North American

Fishhook
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Nisga'a Native North American, Northwest Coast

Mask, ca. 1840
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Melanesian, New Ireland

Malanggan Mask, ca. 1890
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A:shiwi (Zuñi) Native North American, New Mexico

Kachina Doll, early 1900s
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Native North American, Arkansas

Bottle, 1875-1925
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Tlingit Native North American, Northwest Coast

Raven rattle, ca. 1890
RISDM 44-144.jpg

Karok Native North American, California

Cap (headgear)
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Ancestral Puebloan Pre-Columbian

Jar, 900-1100 CE
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Bushong Kuba Kingdom

skirt, early 1900s
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Mochica Peruvian

Stirrup Jug, ca. 550-650
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Plains Indians Native North American

Toy
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Northwest Coast Native American Native North American, Alaska

Model of a Boat with Figures and Paddles

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