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Description: Figurine made of antler. This small hollow figure is carved in a style which persisted for centuries along the Northwest Coast. The object is from an early historical level at Ozette and is a powder measure for an early flintlock rifle.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17376

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Description: Bone carving of figure outside of mussel shell. This seated posture is characteristic in the art of this area.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17375

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Description: Bone carving, 2 inches tall, of a seated man. It was in the mussel shell when found.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17374

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Description: Whale fin effigy, carved of cedar and inset with 700 sea otter teeth, mostly molars. Along the edge, canine teeth were used to give a jagged appearance to the sculpture. At the bottom is the representation of a mythological bird. The function of this piece is unknown, but it is likely that it was associated with whaling rituals.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17373

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Description: Whale bones were lined up outside one of the Ozette house for several reasons, including lining a drainage trench, stabilizing the slope between houses, and in one case, probably for ceremonial reasons. These are from the display in the Makah Cultural and Research Center.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17372

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Description: D-adze handle made of whalebone (blade missing)
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17371

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Description: Stone maul for pounding wedges.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17370

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Description: Wedges used to split logs in various stages of manufacture.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17369

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Description: Replicated house, interior, showing drying racks, under the roof for fish and other foods.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17368

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Description: Replicated house, interior, showing the arrangement of benches used for sleeping.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17367

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Description: Replicated house, interior, showing how the roof beams were supported by notched upright timbers.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17366

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Description: Replicated house, interior, showing large supporting column.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17365

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Description: House construction, detail of how a plank was tied to an upright support post.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17364

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Description: House construction, detail of planks tied in position.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17363

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Description: Replicated Ozette house constructed according to details from planks, foundation posts, and other building materials and tools found at Ozette. The house was later moved inside the Makah Cultural and Research Center, where it is now located.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17362

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Description: Wooden paddle used in a game similar to modern shuttlecock.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17361

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Description: Comb made of antler or bone. This may have been an article of personal ornament. Note the very fine carving of two standing wolves.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17360

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Description: Wooden double comb. The decorative carving of a sea monster with a bear's head continues around to the reverse side.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17359

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Description: Carved wood spindle whorl. A number of spindle whorls were found at Ozette, each with a different and distinctive design.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17358

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Description: Weavers' "sword" or wool beater, detail.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17357

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Description: Weavers' "swords" or wool beaters.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17356

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Description: Replicated loom in the Makah Cultural and Research Center. Although weaving had not been known to occur among the Ozette, several looms were found in the excavations. Dog hair from specially bred dogs was used in the textiles, along with plant fibers.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17355

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Description: Large cedar bark mat. Mats were used as bedding and as canoe furnishings.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17354

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Description: Flat basket made from cedar bark. Note the two kinds of checkerboard pattern. Dozens of baskets were found in one Ozette house. One, apparently a weaver's kit, contained awls, a spindle whorl, combs, blades, and a lump of red pigment.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17353

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Description: Hat made of basketry. In an area as rainy as the Olympic Peninsula, rain hats are a virtual necessity. The hat is resting on its crown to show the different weaves on the inside and outside.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17352

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Description: Coiled basket made of spruce root. This method of manufacture is uncharacteristic of Ozette baskets, and this specimen may have been made by a slave from a neighboring group, or a trade item or potlatch gift.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17351

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Description: Basket made form the inner bark of the red cedar. This could have been used for storage or for collecting berries or shellfish.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17350

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Description: Woodworking tool with a beaver incisor blade at the end. Once more the care and attention expended on utilitarian objects is shown in the carefully carved head of a man wearing a hat, on the handle of the tool.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17349

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Description: Carved wooden head, possibly a stylized bird.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17348

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Description: Wooden club, reverse side.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17347

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Description: Wooden club with human face. Note the stylization of the eyes which continue around to the reverse side.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17346

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Description: 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

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

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17343

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17342

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

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17340

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

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Description: Owl club, end.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17338

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17337

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17336

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

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

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

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

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17331

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17330

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

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Description: Whetstone used for sharpening hooks.
Date of Photo: 1982
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17328

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Description: 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
Holdings: 35mm slide: 17327

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