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The Butterfly Conservatory
Butterfly Anatomy
Butterfly Metamorphosis
Butterfly Defense Mechanisms
Evolution
Ecology
Architecture
Conservation
Butterfly FAQ
Grow a Butterfly Garden
Resources For Educators: The Butterfly Conservatory
Animal Keeper (Science World)
Animal Keeper (SuperScience)
Inside You
Unseen Oceans
Ocean Luminaries
Resources For Educators: Unseen Oceans
Exclusive Video
3D and 2D Films
Backyard Wilderness
Space Show
Dark Universe
About Dark Universe
Resources For Educator: Dark Universe
The Team Behind Dark Universe
The Voice of Dark Universe
Permanent Exhibitions
Hall of Biodiversity
Educator Resources
Discover Biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History
Endangered: Leatherback Sea Turtle
Exhibition Materials
Transformation of the Biosphere: Human Health
Transformation of the Biosphere: Introduced Species
Transformation of the Bioshpere: Deforestation
Transformation of the Biosphere: Vacuuming the World's Oceans
Transformation of the Biosphere: Urbanization and Agriculture
Kids in the Hall of Biodiversity: Articles
Dodo Bird
Endangered Species
Protists
Siberian Tiger
The Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest
The Spectrum of Life
Akeley Hall of African Mammals
African Elephants
African Lions
Black Rhinoceros
Gorilla
Ostrich
Water Hole
African Wildlife
Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins
Resources For Educators: Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins
Spitzer Hall of Human Origins Glossary
Spitzer Hall of Human Origins Booklist for Adults
Spitzer Hall of Human Origins Booklist for Kids
Spitzer Hall of Human Origins Online Resources
Body and Trace Fossils
What is a Dinosaur
Coming to Life (SuperScience)
Go on a Genetic Journey Quiz
Lucy
Mural of Primate Evolution
Neanderthal Tools
Peking Man
Sackler Educational Laboratory
Understanding Our Past
DNA: Comparing Humans and Chimps
Extinct Primates
Living Primates
The Grasping Hand
Our Family Tree
A Record of the Past
Tree of Life
Evolution: How It Works
The Dating Game
Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites
Meteorites
What is a meteorite?
Where do meteorites come from?
What do meteorites tell us?
Stone and iron from space
Irons
Gibeon
Stones
Estacado
Historic meteorites
Ensisheim
Krasnojarsk
Wold Cottage
L’aigle
Weston
Allan Hills 76009
Fragments of Cape York
Dog
Woman (Cape York)
Ahnighito
Looking inside meteorites
Gibeon
Guffey
What does a meteorite look like?
Modoc
Stannern
Miller
Glorieta mountain
Dalgety Downs
Furnace slag
Origins of the solar system
Allende (AMNH 4303, 4329, 4333)
Chondrules
Meteorites under the microscope
Allende (AMNH 4311)
Drops of fiery rain
Ragland
Parnallee
Colliding chondrules
Chainpur
Chainpur
Bjurböle
Knyahinya
Modoc
Gao-Guenie
CAIs
How do we know? Determining the age of CAIs
The oldest rocks
Allende (AMNH 4880)
Leoville
Clovis (No. 2)
Murchison (AMNH 4378)
Coolidge
Axtell
Matrix
Samples of stardust
Allende (AMNH 4316)
Allende. Presolar grains
Space dust
Kainsaz
Murchison (AMNH 4377)
Orgueil
Weldona
Barratta
Mighei
Olivenza
Parent bodies
Meet the parents
Mighei
Karoonda
A meteorite family tree
Ornans
Vigarano
Kunashak
Suizhou
Kyushu
Bath
Hammond Downs
Richardton
Solar system
Anatomy of the solar system
Eagle
Farmington
Banten
From hot to cold
Orgueil
Abee
Allende (AMNH 4328)
Renfrow
Fisher
Wikenburg
Oakley (stone)
Melrose (A)
Planetesimals
Sierra Colorada
Building blocks of the solar system
Allende (AMNH 4884)
Portales Valley
Paragould
Rose City
Naryilco
Chico
Building planets
Brenham (AMNH 3813)
Crust
A lot in common
Zagami
Camel Donga
Basalt
Rocky surfaces
Cumberland Falls
Peña Blanca Springs
Kenna
Johnstown
Mantle
Why the strange mixture?
Jewels from space
Brenham (AMNH 879)
Dora
Springwater
Huckitta
Imilac (AMNH 2606)
Esquel
Imilac (AMNH 997)
Mincy
Albin
Core
Metal meteorites
Iron from asteroids
Costilla Peak
Bella Roca
Cruz del Aire
Gladstone
Iron crystals
Crystals in cross section
Yenberrie
Widmanstätten pattern
Coahuila
Linwood
Mount Joy
Carlton
Owens Valley
Gibeon
Tinnie
Willamette
Vesta
Volcanism on Vesta
Chips off an old rock
Millbillillie
Kapoeta
Bholghati
Johnstown
Pasamonte
Juvinas
Ibitira
Shalka
Mars
Los Angeles
Nakhla
Governador Valadares
Shergotty
Peekskill meteorite
Peekskill
Meteorite impacts
Sikhote-Alin
Earth impacts
Flying glass
Australasian Tektites
Lybian Desert Glass
Moldavite
All craters, great and small
Wolf Creek
Boxhole
Hoba
Shatter cone
Odessa
Henbury
Hazards: Impacts in our future?
Global catastrophe
Gigantic tsunami
Regional destruction
Large midair explosion
Small fireball
Protecting the planet
Wild-card comets
Meteor Crater
Canyon Diablo (AMNH 2235)
Puffed up and pulverized
Rock Flour
Lechatelierite
Proof of impact
Impactite
Metallic spherules
Canyon Diablo (Shale Ball)
Canyon Diablo (Shale Fragments)
Canyon Diablo (Shale Balls)
Canyon Diablo (AMNH 9)
Barringer Crater
Canyon Diablo (AMNH 5030)
On the Moon
Anorthosite Breccia
Mare basalt
Kreep basalt
Resources For Educators: Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites
Exploring Density
What If There Were a Planet Between Mars and Jupiter?
Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravity Applied to Meteorites
Launching and Recovering Meteorites
What's The Composition of the Universe?
Cosmic Chemistry
Guided Exploration: Center Area
Guided Exploration: Origins
Guided Exploration: Building Planets
Guided Exploration: Impacts
Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals
Resources for Educators: Hall of North American Mammals
Abert’s Squirrel
Alaska Brown Bear
Alaskan Moose
American Badger
American Bison and Pronghorn
American Marten
American Mink
Bighorn Sheep
Black Bear
Black-Footed Ferret
Black-Tailed and Antelope Jackrabbits
Canada Lynx and Snowshoe Hare
Caribou (Grant Caribou)
Caribou (Osborn Caribou)
Collared Peccary
Conservation President
Cougar (Mountain Lion)
Coyote
Dall Sheep
Eastern Cottontail
Ermine and Vole
Extinct American Mammals of the Ice Age
Ice Age Animals, Alaska
Ice Age Animals, California
Fisher and Porcupine
Gray Fox and Opossum
Grizzly Bear
Groundhog
Jaguar
Mountain Goat
Mule Deer
Musk Ox
Nine-Banded Armadillo
North American Beaver
Northern Flying Squirrel
Raccoon
River Otter
Sewellel (Mountain Beaver)
Spotted Skunk and Ringtail (Cacomistle)
Striped Skunk
Wapiti
Western Gray Squirrel
White-Tailed Deer
Wolf
Wolverine
David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
Resources For Educators: Hall of Planet Earth
Guided Exploration: Climate & Climate Change
Guided Exploration: How Earth Formed
Guided Exploration: Natural Resources
Guided Exploration: Plate Tectonics
Guided Exploration: The Rock Record
How has the Earth evolved?
What we learn from meteorites
Solar system's oldest rocks
Lava from another planet
Iron meteorite
Ancient sediments from Greenland
The Earth's crust
Heat from the Earth
Rocks from the continental crust
Shale
Granodiorite
Gneiss
Eclogite
The oldest rocks and minerals on Earth
The oldest known rock
Zircon crystals
Banded Iron Formation
The differentiated Earth
Atmosphere
Core (Iron)
Mantle (Peridotite)
Crust (Granite)
Oceans (Water)
A special planet
Stromatolites
A stromatolite from Mauritania
How do we know about the early atmosphere?
Ontario banded iron formation
Life explodes
The age of microbes
The oldest fossil?
An evolving atmosphere
Rocks that reveal conditions of early Earth
Pyrite-bearing conglomerate
Gray-white quartzite
Icebox or hothouse?
The earliest Ice Ages
Debris from old glaciers
Outcrop of glacial sediments
Red quartzite
Why are there ocean basins, continents, and mountains?
Wallace Gilroy Bronze Earth model
Explosive volcanism
Volcanic Bombs
Spindle bomb
Cored bomb
Bread crust bomb
Cannonball bomb
Volcanic gases
The year without a summer
Vesuvius erupts
Granites and plutons
Granite
Granite Pegmatite
The Cascade Range and the Ring of Fire
Lava from Mount Rainier
Medicine Lake volcano
Volcanic bombs
Basalt tablet
Deposits from an explosive eruption
Pumice
Obsidian
Remnants of a buried forest
Non-explosive volcanism
The Hawaiian hot spot
Aa lava
Pahoehoe lava
Spatter Cone
Lava Tree
Kilauea volcano Hawaii
Intrusive rocks
Anorthosite
Harzburgite
Norite
Zoned Labradorite
Volcanoes Under the Sea
Glassy buds
East Pacific Rise pillow basalt
Lava pillars
Deep-ocean pillow basalt
Pillow andesite from a lake
Mid-Atlantic Ridge pillow basalt
Pacific Ocean pillow basalt
East Pacific Rise pillow basalt
Flood basalts
Columns of lava
Earthquakes
Earthquakes where plates collide
The Aleutian subduction zone
The Great Alaskan Earthquake
Why do earthquakes happen?
What is a fault?
Fault in Crystalline rock
Which way does a fault move?
The destructive power of earthquakes
Can we predict earthquakes?
Signals from earthquakes
Detecting earthquakes
Measuring an earthquake's intensity
The San Andreas fault zone
Monitoring earthquakes daily
Drum recorder
Mountain building
How mountains are formed
Santis Peak, Switzerland
Making new rocks from old
Metamorphic rock
Transformed rocks
Barrovian sequence
Ultra-high pressure rock
Gore Mountain garnet
How rocks deform
A fold in a rock
Deforming rocks in the laboratory
Deformed rocks
Deformed conglomerates
Secrets of the Alps
The core of the Alps
Eclogite
Modeling mountain building
Why mountains rise
Formation of the Himalayas
Plate tectonics
Earthquakes and plate tectonics
The Kings Canyon Fold
Earthquakes and the Earth's internal structure
Circulating Heat
How to read the mantle
Mantle xenolith
Diamond in Kimberlite
Iron meteorite
Mantle model
The Old Red Sandstone
Old Red Sandstone
When plates move past each other
Anza-Borrego
Atlantis fracture zone
San Andreas fault
Anatolian Fault, Turkey
Where plates separate
Where plates collide
How do we read the rocks?
Rethinking Earth history
The present is the key to the past
Cross-bedded sandstone
Dike in a granite
Ripple marks in sandstone
The father of geology
Three types of rock
Igneous rocks
Granite pegmatite
Diabase
Diorite
Sedimentary rocks
Limestone
Shale
Sandstone
Metamorphic rocks
Manhattan schist
Slate
Gneiss
Dating rocks
Trilobite
Brachiopods
Telling time precisely
Fossil fish
Dating rocks with radioactivity
An exact age for an old rock
Dating rocks by trails of destruction
Deciphering the Grand Canyon
Uplift and erosion
When did the canyon form?
Building the canyon's layers
The sea retreats, the sea returns
Windblown Desert Deposit
Calm marine deposit
Energy and transport
A stream deposit
Sandstone
What causes climate and climate change
How Climate Works
Our Warming World
Consequences of Warming
Why Study Past Climate?
Deep-sea sediment core
What Ice Cores Record
The Greenland Ice Record
Climate Proxies
Coral Core
Deep-sea Sediment Core Model
Lake Sediment Core Model
Grooved boulder
Tree Cross Section
Tree Core
Coral Skeleton
Wind-carved rock
Why is the Earth habitable?
Earth's resources
Gold in conglomerate
Coal
Salt
What is an ore?
Chromium Ore
Vanadium Ore
Platinum ore
Dwindling resources
Bauxite
Oil shale
Life that lives off the Earth's energy
The Chimney Roane
The Chimney Finn
The Chimney Gwenen
Life at the hydrothermal vents
Microbes around vents
Deep-sea vents and ore deposits
Ancient black smokers
Black smoker
Banded ore
Deep-sea hot springs
How hydrothermal systems work
How sulfide chimneys form
Where do the Earth’s riches come from?
Anatomy of an ore deposit
Peacock ore
Fragmented ore
Ores from molten rock
Layers of chromite
Kidd Creek Mine
Stringer ore
Ores from hot water
Giant quartz vein
Ores in granite
Silver-rich veins
Rare minerals from pegmatites
Tourmaline pegmatite
Earth cycles
Global cycles of life-giving elements
Coal
Coquina
Chalk
Limestone (Fossiliferous)
Tree sample
Marble
The Carbon Cycle
The "missing" carbon
The rock cycle
Granite
Claystone
Gneiss
The water cycle
Dynamic Earth
Petrified tree
Discovery Room
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe
The Universe
Formation and Evolution of the Universe
Dimming Starlight
Coronagraph
What is the Universe?
Universality of Physical Laws
Gravitational Lenses
The Big Bang
Evolution of the Universe
Our View of the Universe
What are Active Galaxies?
Kinetic Model
Galaxies
What is a Galaxy?
Our Galactic Neighborhood
Gravity and Rotation
Spiral Galaxies
3D Model of Spiral Galaxy
Elliptical Galaxies
3D Model of Elliptical Galaxy
Irregular Galaxies
Other Galaxy Classifications
Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
Interacting Galaxies
The Milky Way and Its Neighbors
Milky Way Galaxy Model
Andromeda Galaxy Model
Stars
What is a Star?
Starlight
Lives of Stars
Low-Mass Stars
Intermediate-Mass Stars
High-Mass Stars
Very High-Mass Stars
Organizing the Stars
Recycling the Stars
Stellar Communities
Formation and Evolution of Stars
A Spectacular Stellar Finale
White Dwarf Supernova
We Are Stardust
Our Star-The Sun
Sun: 3D Cutaway Model
Sun: Convection Model
Planets
What is a Planet?
Our Planetary Neighborhood
Other Planetary Systems
Surfaces
Greenhouse Effect
Volcanism
Atmospheric Storms
Rings
Orbits
Rotation
Deciphering Celestial Motions
Formation of Our Solar System
Planetary Impacts
The Willamette Meteorite
Meteors and Meteorites
Asteroids
Comets
Impact Excavation
The Search For Life In The Universe
Ecosystem Sphere
What Conditions Does Life Need?
The Moon
The Moon Model
Your Weight on the Moon
Basalt from the Moon
Moon Rock
Black Hole Exhibit
Willamette Meteorite Agreement
Resources For Educators: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe
Guided Exploration: Universe Zone
Guided Exploration: Galaxy Zone
Guided Exploration: Stars Zone
Guided Exploration: Planets Zone
Guided Exploration: Scales of the Universe
Felix M. Warburg Hall of New York State Environment
Resources For Educators: Hall of New York State Environment
Glaciation
Triassic Red Sandstone Slab
Geological History and Structure
Crinoid
Armored Fish
Brachipods
Gneiss Modified Granite
Graptolite
Holostean Fish
Horn Coral
Limestone
Quartzite Modified Sandstone
Shale Mud Rock
Trilobites
Eurypterid
Mastadon Tooth
Dinosaur Footprint
Relations of Plants to Geology and Soil
Gneiss
Limestone
Calcareous Bog
Marl
Shale
Quartzite
Soils and Soil Conservation
Life in The Soil
Roots in the Soil
Rotation of Farm Crops in Dutchess County, New York
The Apple Orchard in Dutchess County, New York
Fertilizers in the Soil
From Field to Lake
Life in the Water
Seasons in the Woods
Agriculture
The Changing Forest
New York State Geological Map
An October Afternoon Near Stissing Mountain
Bird's Eye View of Stissing Mountain and the Valley Of Fine
Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian Peoples
Chinese Wedding Chair
Yakut Shaman's Robe
Resources For Educators: Gardner D. Stout Hall of Asian People
Wooden Whale
Grand Gallery
Amethyst Geode
Ammonite
Great Canoe
Jadeite Jade
Spectacular Stibnite
Trilobites
Hall of African Peoples
Egungun Society Dancer
Hall of Asian Mammals
Asian Elephant
Hall of Birds of the World
King Penguins
Hall of Eastern Woodlands Indians
Resources for Educators: Hall of Eastern Woodlands Indians
Hall of Mexico and Central America
Aztec Stone of the Sun
Gold Objects
Kunz Axe
Resources For Educators: Hall of Mexico and Central America
Hall of New York City Birds
Passenger Pigeons
Hall of New York State Mammals
Hall of North American Forests
Giant Sequoia Tree
Life on the Forest Floor
Giant Anopheles Mosquito
Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs
Corythosaurus
Dinosaur Mummy
Duck-Billed Dinosaur
Psittacosaurus
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Hall of Plains Indians
Folsom Spear Point
Hall of Primates
Capuchin Monkey
Hall of Primitive Mammals
Dimetrodon
Glyptodonts
Lestodon
Mammal Island
Saber-Toothed Cat
Hall of Reptiles and Amphibians
Poison Dart Frog
Alligator and Crocodile
Galápagos Giant Tortoise
Komodo Dragon
Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs
Allosaurus
Apatosaurus
Coelophysis
Deinonychus
The Glen Rose Trackway
Tyrannosaurus rex
Velociraptor
Hall of Small Mammals
Hall of South American Peoples
Roosevelt Collections
Nasca Ceramics and Textiles
Paracas Spear-Thrower
Southern South America
Amazon Featherwork
Incan Artifacts
Royal Llama of the Inca
Hall of Vertebrate Origins
Carcharodon
Coelacanth
Dunkleosteus
Pterosaurs
Stenopterygius quadriscissus
Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Cosmic Pathway
Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals
Newmont Azurite
Properties of Minerals
Atoms, Space Lattices, and Crystals
Physical Properties of Minerals
Models of Diamond and Graphite Atoms
Hardness, Cleavage, Fracture, Tenacity, Special Gravity
Chemical Properties of Minerals
Halite
Calcite (#12)
Optical Properties of Minerals
Streak (#42-51)
Luster (#32-36)
Refraction (#73)
Double Refraction (#74-75)
Mineral Forming Environments
Metamorphic Environment
Pyrite (#9)
Talc (#13)
Graphite (#18)
Pyrite (#27)
Magmatic Environment
Gabbro (#11)
Granite (#3)
Pegmatite Environment
Quartz (#9)
Quartz (#10)
Quartz (#14)
Zircon (#8)
Magnetite (#15)
Hematite (#33)
Beryl (#10)
Beryl (#11)
Beryl (#12)
Rose Quartz (#17)
Topaz (#3)
Beryl (#8)
Hydrothermal Environment
Pyrite (#16)
Pyrite (#25)
Gold (#2)
Silver (#21)
Hydrothermal and Metamorphic Environment
Copper (#15)
Pyrite (#20)
Magnetite (#38)
Evaporite Environment
Halite (#1)
Halite (#6)
Sylvite (#9)
Gypsum (#13)
Volcanic Environment
Hematite (#2)
Sulfur (#4)
Calcite (#18)
Sedimentary Environment
Gold (#3)
Zircon (#6)
Gold (#10)
Zircon (#13)
Sulfur (#7)
Calcite (#10)
Hematite (#15)
Pyrite (#20)
Magnetite (#24)
Hayden Big Bang Theater
Hayden Planetarium
Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life
Resources for Educators: Hall of Ocean Life
Just Add Water!
That's Heavy!
Water vs. Land
Be an Ocean Biodiversity Detective!
Evolution
Life in Water: Vertebrates - Breathing
Life in Water: Invertebrates - Locomomotion
Let's Talk with Paula Mikkelsen about Marine Invertebrates and How They Move
Cartesian Diver
Ocean Life
Let's Talk with Paula Mikkelsen about Marine Invertebrates and How They Move
Photographing Weddell Seals from Below the Ice
Studying Antarctica's Marine Organisms
Microorganisms in Antarctic Seas
Properties of Water
Let's Talk with Ian Harrison about How Marine Animals Breathe
Ecosystems
Let's Talk With Melanie Stiassny About the Oceans
Cindy Lee Van Dover
A Day at the (Barrier) Beach: My Expedition to Sandy Hook
How Do Humans and Plants Interact in Tidal Wetlands?
Tide Pools and the Life Within Them
Antarctic Adaptations
Dioramas
Let's Talk With Sean Murtha About Dioramas
Make an Ecosystem Diorama
Conservation
Reference Lists
Ocean Life Web List
Ocean Life Book List
Blue Whale Model
Andros Island Barrier Reef
Sperm Whale and Giant Squid
Walrus
Whale Shark
Dolphin and Tuna Diorama
Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North American Birds
Peregrine Falcon
Wading Birds Diorama
Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Moai Cast
Margaret Mead
Māori Chief’s Pātaka
Māori Weapons Case
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Orientation Center
The Titanosaur
Sauropod Fossils
Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems
Patricia Emerald
Star of India
Gem Pocket
Sapphires
Quartz
Northwest Coast Hall
Coast Salish
Coast Salish Collection
Coast Salish wood and horn
Grease cup representing a cape pigeon
Wooden and horn spoons
Wooden sword-like beaters
Spindle whorl
Spindle with whorl for spinning mountain goat wool
Wooden dish
Feast dish
Wooden dish
Baskets
Ceremonial objects
Spirit dancing
Rattle
Anklets
Mask
Ceremonial dance wand
Drum and stick
Representations in wood of the Shaman's spirit helpers
Carved wooden figures
Feathers
Shaman's rattles
Tools and utensils
Adzes
Tools for soothing mats made of rushes
Wedge
Tools for shredding cedar bark
Berry basket of cedarbark
Canoe bailer
Stone hammers
Pile driver
Weaving
Bags
Blanket
Bags
Gitxsan
Haida
Haida Collection
Haida masks
Headdress
Man after he has seen a spirit
Human faces
Copper human face
Women, some wearing labrets and other ornaments
Old man
Death’s head
Grotesque face of a man singing
Puffin and wolf
Haida carving
Staff carried by a chief’s messenger
Shaman’s staff
Food and grease dishes
Large wooden spoons used on ceremonial occasions
Large dish
Carving of a toad
Carving of a seal
Food dish
Wooden boxes for storage
Grease dish made of horn
Carved wooden dishes
Ceremonial regalia
Leggings worn for ceremonies
Mask representing a woman wearing a labret (lip ornament)
Labrets made of bone, wood and stone
Necklaces
Silver Bracelets
Mask portraying a woman
Hat and skirt worn in ceremonies
Ear ornaments
Head rings of cedarbark worn in ceremonies
Neck ring of cedarbark worn in ceremonies (16-287)
Neck ring of cedarbark worn in ceremonies (16-8787)
Charms and “soul catchers” used by shamans
A highly valued headdress worn in war and on very special occasions
Miniature "coppers"
Large shield-like object
Head ring of cedarbark worn by a shaman (16-275)
Bone implement for scratching the skin
Apron worn in ceremonies
Shaman’s necklace of bone pendants
Shaman’s cedarbark ornament worn in ceremonies
Headdress
Tools
Gauge used in making nets for fishing
Sticks used in a gambling game
Pipes of wood and copper
Spoons for eating mashed berries
Hammers with stone heads
Wooden pestle
Child’s paddle
Paddle
Large ladle with a bowl of copper
Woman’s fish knife
Knives for carving wood
Knife for cutting up potatoes for planting
Musical instruments
Whistles
Rattles
Spoons
Burial
Slate carving
Hunting and fishing
Hunting
Bows and arrows
Barbed arrow and harpoon points of bone and metal
Fishing
Halibut hooks
Line and hooks for black cod fishing
Float in the form of a killer-whale
Halibut hook
Dip net
Fishhooks
Clubs for killing halibut
Line made of kelp
Basketry
Woven mats made of split spruce root
Long narrow bag
Woven hats
Baskets
Bone implements for splitting bark
Painted hat
Woman’s copper knife
Implements for shredding cedarbark
Heiltsuk
Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw
Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Collection
Mask
Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Indians of Vancouver Island
Mat
Paddle
Paint stones
Carved box
Mat
Back rest
Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Ceremonial Masks
Mask representing the mythological clan ancestor
Mask of a fisherman who caught an octopus
Mask representing owner of southeast wind
Mask representing the dawn
Mask of a supernatural being
Mask portraying a paddler
Mask of the wife of the spirit of the sea
Mask
Mask portraying the spirit of the sea who protects seals
Mask of a fisherman who caught an octopus
Mask depicting an octopus
Mask of the born-to-be-head-of-the-world
Mask of a supernatural being
Mask representing the spirit of the earthquake
Head of a puppet
Diver mask
Mask of a forest spirit
Mask of the spirit of the sea
Kwakwaka’wakw masks worn by dancers in winter ceremonies
Mask of ghost, with mouthpieces
Mask representing double headed sea monster
Mask of a supernatural being
Mask of Chief Wisest One
Two in one masks
Ceremonial Regalia
Club representing a double-headed serpent
Whistles
Rattles
Dance staves shaped like a warclub
Mask
Bear paws with claws worn at a bear dance
Wooden staff representing a supernatural being carried to dances
Cedarbark blanket with attached wooden masks
Ritual at Girl’s Puberty
Basketry hat worn by a girl during the puberty ritual
Wooden comb
Metal tweezers used to pluck the eyebrows
Fringed breast strap of red cedarbark
Leather belt
Mats upon which the adolescent girl’s food was served
Girls aprons
Cedarbark pouch
Bracelet, arm ring and knee ring of red cedarbark
Maturing Girl Belt
Mat used by adolescent girl for sitting during seclusion
Winter Ceremonies
Rattle carved to represent a skull
Rattle used in ceremonies of the secret society
Head ring
Neck ring, bracelet, and anklet
Whistle
Rattles
Song leaders baton
Neck ring
Ghost puppet
Ghost puppet
Rattles shaped like skulls
A figure representing the ghost
Head ring
Neck ring
Head Ring worn in ceremonies
Fishing Gear
Kelpfish Fishing
Moss for wiping salmon
Kelpfish
Bladder float used in halibut fishing
Line with hooks for catching kelpfish
Spear points for taking salmon
Harpoon heads for seals
Line made of twisted kelp
Line made of deer sinew
Salmon
Halibut Fishing
Halibut hooks
Knives for splitting herring
Spear point for taking sea urchin
Crab net and line
Clubs used to kill halibut after they had been pulled into the canoe
Fisherman’s box with halibut hooks inside
Reel of bark to the fishhooks
Olachen Fishing
Net gauges of wood and bone
Olachen
Nets for catching olachen
Net shuttles
Clothing
Necklace
Young man’s headband of red cedarbark
Ornament for the hair
Combs of bone and wood
Nose ornaments
Anklet
Woman’s cedarbark cape worm in ceremonial dances
Cedarbark raincoat
Copper rings for arm, leg, and neck
Cedarbark cape and hat used in ceremonies
Fur-lined cape
Cap of seal fur
Necklaces
Woman’s apron
Apron
Basketry and Matting
Shredders and beaters
Spindle whorls of wood and bone
Woman’s wooden workbox
Mats, bags, and baskets of cedarbark
Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Feast Dishes
Dish representing a whale
Ladles used at feasts
Dish in the form of a wolf
Decorated box used as a dish
Dish in the form of a sea otter and eagle
Dish in the form of double-headed serpent with human face at center
Dish representing a sea otter
Utensils and Tools
Knives
Club for killing halibut
Spoons
Bucket for carrying water in the house
Horn oil dish used to dip dried halibut or salmon in olachen oil
Harpooner’s bucket for carrying water
Canoe bailer
Bucket
Strainer for removing fish from cooking utensils
A Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw Village
Salmon fishing diorama
Woodworking tools
Spruce root for sewing wood
Models illustrating the various ways the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw sewed boards together
Kwakwaka’wakw drills
Stone hammer
Stone chisels
Cedar plank showing the process of adzing
Large wedge for planks
Method of temporarily plugging a knot hole in the side of a canoe
Adze and a chisel used in building canoes
Woodworking diorama
Nisg̱a'a
Nuu-chah-nulth
Nuu-chah-nulth Collection
Clothing
Woman’s apron of shredded cedarbark
Cedarbark carrying strap worn across the chest
Cedarbark Belts
Child’s blanket of cedarbark
Model of a cradle
Baskets
Cedarbark rain cape
Combs and ornaments of silver, wood, and bone.
Blanket or robe
Cedarbark rain cape
Rain hat made of red cedarbark
Hat of cedarbark
Basketry rain hat
Necklace
Belt
Tools and Manufactures
Cedarbark mats
Hooks and spears used in fishing
Model of a canoe
Adzes, knives, and hammers
Tools used for working with cedarbark
Rattle used in rites performed by shamans
Ceremonial dance masks
Masks
Wolf mask
Ghost mask
Mask
Headdress depicting a rockfish
Mask
Mask
Mask
Mask
Eagle mask
Combination mask and headdress
Ceremonial Dance Costumes
Forehead cover of cedarbark worn in dances
Wooden wands carried in dances
Deer hoof rattles worn as a belt
Cedarbark apron worn in dances
Head ornament
Baton carried in dances
Cedarbark rings
Musical Instruments
Drum
Shell rattles strung on a bent wood
Whistle of cedar wood
Baton used to beat time on a plank
Dance wand with rattle
Box rattle of carved and painted wood.
Rattles carved of yew wood
Deer hoof rattles
Horn rattles
Nuu-chah-nulth Whaling Shrine
Wooden boxes
Supernatural Spirits and Animals: Nuu-chah-nulth Ceremonial Masks
Mask
Mask
Mask
Mask
Mask
Costume
Nuxalk
Nuxalk Collection
Fishing
Salmon harpoon heads
Halibut hooks and line
Float made of a seals bladder
Net for catching olachen
Arrow for hummingbirds
Club for killing salmon
Salmon spears
Net for catching salmon
Hunting
Snowshoes
Blunt arrow for birds
Net for catching salmon
Household gear
Stick for digging roots and clams
Birchbark basket
Roasting spit
Tongs for roasting salmon
Sieve used in making olachen oil
Tool for beating cedarbark
Tool for shredding cedarbark
Hammer with a stone head
Spoons
Ladle
Scrapers used in collecting sap from trees
Wooden dish
Floor Mat
Nuxalk Masks
Mask
Mask representing the singer of the house of myths
Mask of one of the four mythical originators of Bella Coola arts and crafts
Mask
Mask of a powerful ocean spirit
Killer whale
Thunderbird
Owl
Echo mask with five mouths
The sun
Headdress worn by a member of the eagle clan for ceremonies
Mask representing the moon and sun
Mask, Hamsiwe
Mask
Eagle
Wolf’s head
Mask, demon
Mask of a hermaphrodite
Mask representing an eagle and a chief’s son
Mask
Ceremonial Costume
Bracelets
Neck Ring
Apron of cedarbark
Raven headdress
Neck ring of cederbark
Woman’s apron made of mountain goat wool
Carving representing a frog
Wooden figure with cedarbark clothes
Cedarbark head ring
Woolen cape
Headring of the bear dancer
Whistles
Baton used to beat rhythm for songs
Rattles
Paws of the bear dancer
Neck ring of the bear dancer
Arm Ornaments
Head Ornament
Head ring
Nuxalk Winter ceremonies
Owl
White goose
A mythical sea-monster
Headdress, part of a Nuxalk dancer's outfit representing a sea monster
Tlingit
Tlingit Collection
Prestige and the Distribution of Wealth
Food dishes of cedar wood
Storage boxes of wood, with covers
Food dishes of wood decorated with mollusk opercula
Painted basketry hat of spruce root woven tight to make it waterproof
Chilkat blankets
Canoe paddle of cedar wood
Woman’s workbox of wood
Storage baskets
Pipe bowl of wood
Storage box of wood
Small copper plaque of distinctive form
Ceremonial staff of wood
Snowshoes
Mat woven of cedar-bark strips
Ceremonial bow of wood
Ceremonial headdress, tunic, leggings, and moccasins
Fishing and Hunting
Iron hook
Head of a spear
Fishhooks
Wooden floats
Float and line for halibut
Iron barbs
Club for killing halibut
Gaffs of deer antler and iron
Iron hook, stone sinker, line, and wooden float
Piece of wood fitting over the gunwale of a small fishing canoe
Scoop net of whale sinew
Scoop nets of sinew
Spearheads of slate, bone, and iron
LIne of hide and spruce root
Wooden quiver and arrows
Wooden clubs
Spoons
Spoons
Molds used to make spoons
Unfinished Spoons
Chilkat Weaving
Chilkat blanket
Pattern Board
Mountain Goat Wool
Yarn made of twisted cedarbark
Yarn of mountain goat wool
Storage basket
Chilkat Textile Clothing
Legging
Ceremonial blanket
Apron worn by a shaman during ritual for curing sick persons
Chilkat blanket
Dance dress
Headdress used by a shaman
Tlingit Basketmaking
Basket
Basket
Mat
Basket
Basket
Flat basket
Basket with cover
Basket
Basket
Basket
Basket
Cup
Basket
Mat
Basket
Mat
Basket
Basket
Basket with cover
Basket with cover
Basket
Basket
Basket with cover
Basket with cover
Basket
Basket
Basket
Basket
Basket
Household Gear
Snares for ground squirrels
Bow
Knives used by women
Arrows and arrowheads
Drinking cup made of mountain sheep horn
A drill for making fire
Wooden skimming spoon used in rendering fish oil.
Dipper of horn
Spoons used only for eating soapberries
Bowl of mountain sheep horn used for holding grease
Wooden berry masher
Tlingit Woodcarving
Large ladles used at feasts
Dish for oil
Dish for grease
Dish
Carving of a beaver
Wooden dish
A feast dish
Wooden box
Tools used for carving wood and bone
Ladle used at feasts
A child’s toy
Dish for oil representing a whale
Wooden dish
Tlingit Burial
Adornment
Wooden pattern sticks with which women decorated their faces for dances
Mask representing a spirit
Earrings
Ornaments worn on thongs about the neck
Lip ornaments (labrets) made of ivory, bone, stone, and wood
Bracelets of copper and silver
Ceremonial apron and two ornaments worn on robes for dancing
Combs and ornaments for the hair
Headdress worn in dances
Hat worn in ceremonies by a shaman
Blanket worn for ceremonies
Cloth legging for ceremonies
Weapons
Spear
Two-handed war club
Two-handed warclub made of the bone of a whale
Fighting pick
The oldest type of war knife
Stone spearhead
Dagger of whalebone
War club of copper
War knives
Stone club
Tlingit armor
Helmet carved to represent a sea lion
Helmet
Helmets
Wooden collar
Body armor
Body armor of hide
Helmet carved to represent a bat
Collar
Armor for the legs
Body armor
Body armor of moose hide
Pipes
Pipes (Center area)
Pipes (Right side)
Pipes and Smoking Paraphernalia (Bottom rows)
Pipes (Left side)
Tlingit Masks
Mask
Shamans’ mask depicting a bear spirit
Mask
Mask
Shaman’s mask of the moon
Shaman’s mask of a kingfish
Shaman’s masks representing an old woman’s spirit
Shaman’s mask carved to represent the spirit of the raven
Mask
Shaman’s mask representing an eagle spirit
Shaman’s masks
Mask
Dance headdress
Shaman’s mask of a spirit living in the clouds
Shaman’s mask
Shaman’s mask
Mask
Mask of a human face
Mask
Shaman’s Mask representing a wrinkled old man
Mask
Shaman’s dance headdress depicting a bird
Painting
Stick
Part of a wooden headdress
Headdress for dances
Shaman’s wand
Rattle
Part of a headdress for dances
Stencils used in decorating the face with paint
Painted apron for dances
Cedarbark stencils
Painting on a board
Paint brushes
Paints and paint dishes
Paint stick
Spruce root hat painted to represent an eagle
Paints, painted dishes, and a stone pallette
Paint sticks and container
Man’s painted dance robe
Paddle with a painting representing a raven
Wooden container with paintbrushes
Musical Instruments
Musical instrument
Whistle
Rattles
Rattles
Rattles
Drum and drumstick
Whistles
Hand drum
Musical instrument
Carvings
Wand
Charms (Left Group)
Middle left top group: Carvings
Middle left bottom group: Charms and Cup
Middle Right group
Knife Sharpener
Right Top group: Charms
Mask
Wand
Sheath
Charms
Ivory and Teeth
Shaman’s Equipment
Wand carried by a shaman when dancing
Wand used by a shaman
Shaman’s headdress
Bone tube used to catch the spirits causing a disease
Wooden figure which represents a water spirit
Wooden carvings representing spirits which were believed to protect shamans
Shaman’s headdress
Bone mask worn by a shaman
Shaman’s charms
Blanket worn by a shaman when curing
Wand used by a shaman when treating a bewitched person
Shaman’s headdress
Shoulder robe of skin worn by a shaman when curing
Shaman’s mask
Shaman’s headdresses
Shaman’s wooden combs
Shaman’s necklace
Ivory hair ornament worn by a shaman
Skin apron worn by a shaman when curing
Shaman’s masks
Shaman’s rattles and a wand
Shaman’s rattle
Shaman’s wand
Stuffed mink skin used by a shaman when curing
Wooden figure used by a shaman when curing
A powerful charm
Tsimshian
Tsimshianic Collection
Tsimshianic masks
Mask with salmon designs
Old woman wearing a labret
Starfish
Mask depicting a face emaciated by starvation
Mask representing a wood demon
Beaver’s head
Masks representing a combination of a human and owl’s face
Boiling words mask
Masks
Masks
Mask
Mask
Wood, horn and bone
Carved wooden batons
Ceremonial ornament
Club
Spoons made of wood
Ladle
Spoons made of horn
Painted box
Grease dish
Wooden feast dish
Child’s dish
Wooden ceremonial head piece
Dish and ladle
Bones used in a gambling game
Knife
Stick for painting
Pipe
Carved wooden loom comb
Set of gambling sticks
Ceremonial pipe
Scraper
Tools and weapons
Bone needles
Stone and ax heads
Whetstone
Stone hammers
Miniature stone mortar and pestle
Gauge used in making nets
Knife
Bone box
Pack straps
Trigger for marmot traps
Spindles
Sap scrapers
Bone skinning knives
Strainer
Paint bag and sticks for painting
Killing club
Weapons
Musical instruments
Mythical bird used with whistles
Instrument used in dances
Whistle
Rattle
Drum with painted Thunderbird
Whistles
Rattles
Whistles
Bark technique
Neck ring of cedarbark
Knives used in basket and mat making
Cedarbark ornaments worn in ceremonies
Bags of bark
Bone tool used for shredding cedarbark
Mat of bark
Shamanistic regalia
Ivory charms used by a shaman
Ivory tubes
Necklace
Hair ornament of swans’ quills
Shaman’s whistles made of the leg bone of birds
Neck ring of cedar bark
A surgical instrument
Dance ornament
Neck ring of loon skin
Crown of grizzly bear claws
Head and part of the tail of a salmon
Charm
Feathers
Ceremonial clothing
Ceremonial headdress of squirrel skins
Shoulder robe of black of black bearskin worn in ceremonies
Dance wands of eagle feathers
Beaded ammunition bag of moose skin covered with red cloth
Ceremonial apron made of an old Hudson’s Bay Company blanket hung with caribou hoofs
Painted ceremonial apron
Ceremonial headdress of ermine skin and mallard head feathers
Coat made from a chilkat blanket
Leggings worn at ceremonies
Piece of a “copper”
Bone charms
Woman’s necklace
Nose and ear ornaments
Waist robe worn at ceremonies
Stone amulets used as body scratchers
Silver bracelets
Labrets worn in a slit in a woman’s lower lip
Ceremonial kilt with Chinese coins as pendants
Caribou hoof pendants
Skin bag, containing red paint.
Shaman's bag
Tsimshianic warfare
Stone head of a wareclub
Dagger blades of stone
Stone dagger
Helmet
Spear blade
Knife for war
Chief’s helmet
Wooden armor
Fragment of a wareclub
Warclubs
Birchbark Cards
Nlaka’pamux Collection
Warfare
Quiver of cedarbark
War arrow with detachable foreshaft and stone point
Quiver of hide
Two bows
Wooden shield covered with buckskin
Hunter’s headband
Warrior’s hair ornament
War bonnet
Warclubs
War arrow
Wooden powder horn
Warclub
War knife and sheath
War knives
Body Armor
Basketry
Two buck deer and a butterfly
Butterfly pattern
Snake design
Cradles for babies
Basket (16 / 1043)
Basket with cover
Round basket
Basket
St’át’imc and Nlaka’pamux - weaving
Spindle whorls
Blanket
Weaving Frame
Spindle Shaft
Spindle shaft and whorl
Wooden swords
Utensils and tools
Stone ax
Adze with bone blade
Adze handle
Knife with stone blade
Antler tool for flaking flint arrowheads
Knife
Mallet
Chisels
Bark peeler
Sap scrapers
Spoons
Slow match
Root-digger
Needle and awl cases
Birchbark basket
Stirring paddle
Gauge used in making nets
Wooden dish
Pestles
Firedrill and hearth
Pipes and games
Darts which were thrown at a small rolling ring
Pipes of stone and antler
Bag containing dice made of beaver teeth
Stick with loop at one end and a ball with toggle
Top with bark string
Lacrosse sticks and ball
Pin-and-ball game
Ball and bat
Hoop-and-spear game
Mats, sticks and pointer used in a gambling game
Birchbark playing cards and buckskin case
Clothing
Mens clothing
Cap of buckskin
Buckskin hair ornament
Ornament for the neck
Man’s buckskin shirt
Breechclout of doeskin
Moccasins
Leggings of buckskin
Man’s cap of bark
Hat of bark
Headband
Man’s shirt and leggings made of black moss