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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	00.30.37	Pole, totem	Two figures.
2	00.30.37	Totem Pole	This totem pole contains two figures. The bottom figure is a stylized carving of an animal. The body is painted red. The head is yellow, with the teeth painted white. Details were added to the figure using red, green, and black. The totem pole is topped with a craving of a bird with outstretched wings. The bird is yellow with wings that are painted black and white. Red, green, and black are used to add detail to the body of the bird.
3	00.30.38	Pole, totem	Four figures.
4	00.30.38	Totem Pole	This totem poll contains four figures. The bottom figure is rectangular in shape. The figure sits in a position where it appears to be hugging its knees. Its body is yellow. Details are painted onto its face using green, black, and red. The second figure stands on all fours. Its body is painted black. Details are added to its face in green, black, and red. The third figure is a bird with a long beak. Its body is primarily painted using black and red. Details are added using green and black. The fourth figure is another bird with a short beak. The majority of the bird is painted black. Details were added using red and green.
5	1991.74.1	Loon	Loon mask from Nunivak Island. Made of natural light-colored wood. Large loon holding a fish in its mouth. Feathers and other features are painted in black and rust ("red"). Two wooden rings surround the bird and attached to the top one are 13 large black quills. Attached to those real feathers are large wooden ones of various styles in the same colors as the loon. Has thin string for hanging. This mask's intended purpose was for decoration, but created in the style and tradition of Yup'ik mask making. Traditionally, Yup'ik masks were created by shamans, or angalkut, to be worn during dances to bring prosperity to the tribe. The animal represented by the masks were intended to bring a surplus of that particular animal.
6	1999.18.12	Paddle, miniature	Resembles a paddle. On the front broad side there are two figures carved: a rectangular shape with a row of 4 notches above a row of 5 notches; a carved line separates the rows. The other figure is that of a human-like face. The eyes are very large and prominent and the teeth are bared. Color: BR
7	2003.14.2	Scraper	Long bone shaft carved at top with 2 3/4'' extending off shaft. Two holes in bottom with string laced through. Bone very porous on carved section and underneath extending piece, and at bottom.
8	2022-27-53	Rattle	Native American wooden rattle depicting 2 faces with opposing expressions from the Northwest Coast. The faces are carved and painted on either side of the head of the rattle, which has a rounded triangular shape; one face appears to be happy, it has a large, upturned mouth painted white and black to simulate teeth, 2 small triangular nostrils, upturned eyes with black painted pupils and eyeliner, thick, arched, black painted eyebrows, and a triangle on each cheek; the other face appears to be angry, it has a smaller, downturned mouth painted white and black to simulate teeth, narrowed upturned eyes with black painted pupils and eyeliner, thick, arched, black painted eyebrows, an a smaller triangle on each cheek, there appears to have once been a protruding nose above the mouth. The handle of the rattle is a simple cylinder of wood which flares slightly toward the bottom. The head of the rattle is hollow and filled with an unknown material (possibly seeds, nuts, or small stones); there are two small holes in the wood at the very top center of the head, one on each side.