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Illinois; Modoc Rock Shelter
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17291
World Region
North America

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Illinois; Modoc Rockshelter
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17292
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North America

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Illinois; Modoc Rockshelter
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17293
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North America

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Illinois; Modoc Rockshelter
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17294
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North America

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N. T. Lupton, early excavator and surveyor ca.1870; from Auburn University Archives
Date of Photo
1870
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35mm slide: 17295
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North America

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Directly over excavations showing centerline of proposed museum (Mound State Museum #3261)
Date of Photo
1981
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35mm slide: 17296
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North America

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Moundville field camp, 01/27/30 (Mound State Museum #995)
Date of Photo
Jan., 1930
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35mm slide: 17297
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North America

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David DeJarnette, south of Mound D, Station O; 02/02/32 (Mound State Museum #1551)
Date of Photo
Feb., 1932
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35mm slide: 17298
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North America

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Burial pits covered- west of Mound P, 02/18/37 (Mound State Museum #3448)
Date of Photo
Feb., 1937
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35mm slide: 17299
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North America

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1931 field crew, north of Mound R
Date of Photo
1931
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35mm slide: 17300
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North America

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Mississippian sites @ AD 1000 - 1400
Date of Photo
Oct. 1981
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35mm slide: 17301
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North America

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Turkey with maize by R. Martinez (1932)
Date of Photo
1981
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35mm slide: 17306
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North America

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Landscape showing bear in mountain, by Tsiteh (1932)
Date of Photo
1981
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35mm slide: 17307
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North America

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Harvest festival, by Tsiteh (1932)
Date of Photo
1981
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35mm slide: 17308
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North America

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Women Getting Water, by T'ohave.
Date of Photo
Oct. 1981
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35mm slide: 17309
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North America

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Picking Wild Berries painting by Eva Mirabal.
Date of Photo
Oct. 1981
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35mm slide: 17310
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North America

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Sipapou, painting by Gilbert Atencio.
Date of Photo
Oct. 1981
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35mm slide: 17311
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North America

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Creation of North Mountain, painting by Harrison Begay.
Date of Photo
Oct. 1981
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35mm slide: 17312
World Region
North America

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Michigan; points
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17313
World Region
North America

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Michigan; points
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17314
World Region
North America

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Michigan; points
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17315
World Region
North America

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Michigan; points
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17316
World Region
North America

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Michigan; points
Date of Photo
1980
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35mm slide: 17317
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North America

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Washington; map of Olympic Peninsula with site indicated
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17319
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North America

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Washington; aerial view of the site from the south
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17320
World Region
North America

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Excavation of east wall of House II.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17321
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North America

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Excavation of House II. Note the jumble of artifacts visible, including canoe paddles, a loom support, two seal clubs and planks.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17322
World Region
North America

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Replicated canoe in Makah Cultural and Research Center. Although deer, elk and other land mammal bones may be found at Ozette, sea mammal bones are by far the most numerous. Sea mammals, including sea lion, fur seal, hair seal, porpoise and whale were a valued source of food. Note the gear in this hunting canoe, which includes inflated floats, paddles, baskets, and mats.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17323
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North America

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Fishing paddle. Although success in hunting sea mammals almost certainly provided prestige, fishing probably provided the largest and surest source of animal protein.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17324
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North America

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Net or line sinker with groove.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17325
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North America

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Halibut hooks. These were bent by steaming, and a bone point was attached to one end with wild cherry bark. Most fishhooks were made of western hemlock.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17326
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North America

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Hook for bottom fish, including cod and sea bass. These fish could be caught throughout the year whenever the sea was calm.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17327
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North America

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Whetstone used for sharpening hooks.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17328
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North America

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Herring rake, with pointed bone teeth. Herring were harvested in the summer.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17329
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North America

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Mussel shell knife edge. The sharp, beveled edge formed by grinding on a sandstone whetstone would be very effective for cutting fish and for butchering land and sea mammals.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17330
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North America

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Whaling harpoon head haying on the cedar bark sheath in which it was found. The harpoon point, made of mussel shell, was held by two bone valves and fastend with sinew to the whaling line. Smaller harpoon heads similar to this type but with bone points were used for hunting seals, and catching salmon. In the case of whale hunting, the harpoon was not meant to kill the animal, but rather to attach seal skin floats. The drag of the floats would exha
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17331
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North America

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Bone harpoon valves minus the mussel shell blade.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17332
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North America

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Seal radius with a broken-off shell harpoon blade imbedded in it.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17333
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North America

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Hunting canoe paddle. Note the pointed end, which lessened the sound of water dripping from the paddle.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17334
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North America

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Rope made of twisted cedar limbs, used in whaling.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17335
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North America

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Seal club. Note that on one end is a representation of a seal's head, and on the other, a representation of a human head. Many utilitarian objects made by the people who lived at Ozette demonstrate a developed technology together with an extraordinary esthetic sense.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17336
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North America

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Owl club. Owls have ritual significance in this area, and it is likely that this club was a baton carried by a shaman.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17337
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North America

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Owl club, end.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17338
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North America

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Owl club, distal end. Note the echoing curve for the brow of the owl and the human-like head.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17339
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North America

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Although the Ozette people did not develop pottery, wooden boxes were used for every purpose pots could be used for, including cooking. They also were used for storage and carrying, and are often a vehicle for beautiful decoration. Ranging in size from 8 to 10 cms. Across to very large storage chests, the box sides were made from a single plank of cedar. A thin board was first grooved in three places and then steamed. When it was flexible, the boa
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17340
World Region
North America

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Front of decorated box, showing representation of whales.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17341
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North America

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Some boxes were used for cooking by filling with water and dropping in heated stones. The bottom of this box had been burned through by a heated stone, and then repaired by sewing on a wooden patch.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17342
World Region
North America

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Boxes were apparently deemed valuable enough to be repaired when they were damaged. Here a split side of a box was bound together.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17343
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North America

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Wooden platter, of alder wood. In a technique somewhat similar to box-making, this platter was shaped and then steamed.
Date of Photo
1982
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35mm slide: 17344
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North America

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Carved anthropomorphic bowl. This kind of bowl probably was used for oil. Oil bowls are common on the Northwest coast, but most are not as elaborate as this. Carved in the form of a human being with a braid of human hair, this was almost certainly used for ceremonial purposes.
Date of Photo
1982
Holdings
35mm slide: 17345
World Region
North America
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