Interior View of Chief's Wood Plank House Showing Collections Of Hats, Blankets and Other Carved Wood Items; Man in Beaver Costume Near Boy Wearing Collar and Headdress
Chilkat Dancers of Alaska Youth, Inc, Performing Giant Dance, Group in Costume, One Boy Holding Cannibal Bird Staff, Others Wearing and Holding Masks and Dancing Near Painted Wood Wall
MS 280 Comparative vocabulary of the following tribes: Bellabella (Haeeltzeck), Bellacoola (Billi-hoola), Chimmesyan, Haida (Haidah), Tongas, Kittizoo (Kittistzoo)
The collection consists of five (5) paintings of dugout canoes held by the Department of Anthropology object collections.
Three drawings are of a Tlingit canoe (see USNM Number E168115). The catalog record for the canoe states that these drawings were made by Bill Holm.
Two drawings are of a Kwakwaka'wakw canoe (see USNM Number E26785-0). The catalog card for the canoe states: "In 1959 this canoe had badly deteriorated and the museum had the woodwork completely restored by the professional shipwright of the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, James B. Richardson. The original painted designs had faded, but from old photos could be recovered and drawings were made for this purpose (now in National Anthropological Archives). The repainting of the designs on the canoe were done by Mr. Peter Rosock of the Anthro. Lab (under Mr. Joseph Andrews)."
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 168115
Variant Title:
Previously titled "Kwakiutl dugout canoe and Haida dugout canoe."
Provenance:
The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
Paintings of dugout canoes in National Museum of Natural History Anthropology collections (MS 168115), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Prow of Tlingit canoe with bear and abstract motifs
Extent:
1 Paintings (visual works) (23 x 13 inches)
Type:
Archival materials
Paintings (visual works)
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08599100
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Paintings of dugout canoes in National Museum of Natural History Anthropology collections (MS 168115), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Prow of Tlingit canoe with bear and abstract motifs
Extent:
1 Paintings (visual works) (23 x 13 inches)
Type:
Archival materials
Paintings (visual works)
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08599200
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Paintings of dugout canoes in National Museum of Natural History Anthropology collections (MS 168115), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Paintings of dugout canoes in National Museum of Natural History Anthropology collections (MS 168115), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The collection consists of twenty (20) drawings by Henry Wood Elliott. There are fifteen large black-and-white watercolor and pencil views of fishing and hunting in Alaska, two small watercolors made in British Columbia, and three ink sketches made while Elliott was serving with the Hayden Survey in Wyoming in 1870.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930) was a conservationist, naturalist, artist and scientist. From 1862-1878 he worked for the Smithsonian Institution, studying and sketching natural history. In 1864 he traveled to British Columbia in his first field expedition. From 1869-1871 Elliott worked on the U.S. Geological Survey. Between 1872 and 1890 Elliott made three trips to Alaska to investigate seal conditions on the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. His sketches of St. Paul's Island provided persuasive evidence of the need to stop the seal slaughter. He authored the first international wildlife conservation treaty, the Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty of 1911. When not in the field Elliott lived in Cleveland, tending to local business matters and his vineyards.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7119
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives hold an additional drawing by Henry Wood Elliott in MS 18229.
Drawings by Henry Wood Elliott are held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives; Archives of American Art; Cleveland Museum of Natural History; University of Alaska Museum; Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and others.
Separated Materials:
An oil painting by Elliott, Tlingit Indians Raking in Eulachon, was transferred to the Smithsonian American Art Museum (1985.66.397,304).
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Genre/Form:
Works of art
Drawings
Watercolors
Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The collection consists of two (2) drawings by James Gilcrest Swan.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
James Gilchrist Swan (1818–1900) was an American writer, artist, collector of Native American artifacts, and political advisor who is known for his study of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Born in Massachusetts, he spent most of his adult life in the Washington Territory. His prolific writing documented both pioneer society and indigenous cultures. The Smithsonian Institution hired Swan to collect Pacific Northwest Coast artifacts for the 1876 world's fair in Philadelphia, the 1884 fair in London, and the 1893 exposition in Chicago. Swan died in Port Townsend in 1900.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 129776
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds additional drawings by James G. Swan in MS 3987 and MS 76608.
Restrictions:
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Genre/Form:
Watercolors
Works of art
Citation:
James G. Swan drawings of a Tlingit house and salmon carving, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil , 11 x 7.5 inches)
Container:
Box 129776, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1874 March
Scope and Contents:
Captioned: "Form of House of the Indians of Sitka Alaska. Copied from a model made by a Sitka Indian, drawn and painted by James G. Swan. Port Towensend, W.T. March 1874."
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08500500
OPPS NEG 45604A
Publication Note:
Published in Niblack, A.P. (1890). "The Coast Indians of Southern Alaska and Northern British Columbia." Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 306, Plate 35, Fig. 175.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
James G. Swan drawings of a Tlingit house and salmon carving, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 10 x 7 inches)
Container:
Box 129776, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1878 June 1
Scope and Contents:
Captioned: "Wooden Fish with carved figure of an Indian inside, from Sitka, made by an Indian from the interior. The fish is the Dog Salmon, "Salmon Canis". Drawn and painted from the orignal. Port Townsend, W.T. June 1st 1878. by J G Swan."
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08541800
OPPS NEG 45604B
OPPS NEG 38768A
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
James G. Swan drawings of a Tlingit house and salmon carving, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The collection consists of five (5) drawings of objects currently held by the Department of Anthropology. The objects were donated to the United States National Museum by George T. Emmons in 1894.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Works of art
Drawings
Citation:
Drawings of Tlingit objects in Department of Anthropology collections (MS 75085), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology Search this
Extent:
2 Drawings (visual works) (7.25 X 8 inches; 6.75 x 10.25 inches)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Scope and Contents:
Inscribed on verso: "Totemic carvings in yellow cedar. Executed by Alfred Benson, a Tlinget [sic] In te Mission Home at Sitka, Alaska. Drawn 1/4 diam. Oct. 24, 1894 .
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08533100
NAA INV 08533400
Related Materials:
See Anthropology Catalog No. 169102.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Drawings of Tlingit objects in Department of Anthropology collections (MS 75085), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
