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PORTFOLIO FIG. 5: Plate 92: Two masks, three rattles, and a figure, all carved in wood. North-West Coast of America.—Christy Coll. Clockwise from top Raven rattle. Probably Tsimshian/Northern Kwakiutl, Northwest Coast. Before 1869. Donated by Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869. Am.2233.a&b. Headdress with frontlet. Haida, Coast Tsimshian, or Tlingit, Northwest Coast. Before 1869. Ex United Service Museum. Donated by Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869. Am.1678. Rattle or clapper in the form of a beaver. Northwest Coast. Before 1870. Collected by Dr. Peter Comrie on the voyage of the HMS Sparrowhawk, 1866–1868. Purchased from him in 1870. Am.6813. Figure with bird head. Northwest Coast. Collected by Dr. David Lyall, Victoria, British Columbia. Donated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1866. Am.2292. Fish-shaped clapper. Northwest Coast. Collected by Dr. Peter Comrie on the voyage of the HMS Sparrowhawk, 1866–1868. Purchased from him in 1870. Am.6814. Round mask is currently unidentified. FIG. 6: Plate 127: Three wooden figures, presumed to be idols, found in a cave in Jamaica. Three wood figures. Taino, Jamaica. AD 800– 1500. Ex. Isaac Alves Rebello. Cave find in June 1792. Exhibited 1799. Acquisition details unknown. Right to left: Am1977,Q.2; Am1977,Q.3; Am1977,Q.1. 148


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