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  • People/Culture
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Akimel O'odham (Pima)  30
    • Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  40
    • Apache  30
    • Assiniboine (Stoney)  14
    • Aymara  73
    • Baffinland Inuit (Baffinland Eskimo) [Kingarmiut/Sikosuilarmiut]  4
    • Bannock  11
    • Cahita  72
    • Campo Band of Kumeyaay  5
    • Carib [Guyana]  12
    • Carib [Suriname]  20
    • Cayuga  10
    • Cayuga (archaeological)  4
    • Chamacoco (Zamuko)  40
    • Cherokee  32
    • Chilkat Tlingit  4
    • Chippewa/Ojibwa  11
    • Cochiti Pueblo  16
    • Eastern Band of Cherokee  26
    • Enxet (Lengua)  74
    • Gitxsan (Gitksan)  13
    • Guaymi  32
    • Guna (Kuna)  65
    • Guna [Guna Yala]  35
    • Haida  66
    • Haisla [Kitamaat (Kitamat)]  3
    • Hopi Pueblo  50
    • Hunkpapa Lakota [Standing Rock]  4
    • Innu  38
    • Innu [Michikamau]  3
    • Innu [Pakuashipi (Saint Augustin)]  4
    • Innu [Ungava]  3
    • Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo)  53
    • Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo) [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]  16
    • Inupiaq (Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo) [Tikeramiut/Tikeraq (Tigara)/Point Hope]  17
    • Iroquoian  87
    • Iroquois  86
    • Iroquois [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)]  5
    • Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  123
    • Mainland Carib  35
    • Makah  39
    • Mesa Grande Diegueño  5
    • Minnesota Chippewa [Pillager Band, Minnesota]  3
    • Montagnais Innu  25
    • Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi)  11
    • Naskapi Innu  12
    • Ngäbe (Guaymi)  26
    • Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  32
    • Nisga'a (Niska)  18
    • Oklahoma Seminole  12
    • Onondaga  3
    • Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  18
    • Quechua  137
    • Sabanero Buglere  6
    • San Blas Kuna  35
    • Seminole  29
    • Seneca  51
    • Shuar  19
    • Sioux  39
    • Swampy Cree  3
    • Tewa Pueblos  35
    • Tigua Kichua  4
    • Tlingit  54
    • Tlingit [Stikine]  4
    • Tomaráho (Tumraha)  25
    • Tsimshian  41
    • Wanka Quechua  13
    • Western Apache  17
    • White Mountain Apache  9
    • Yoeme (Yaqui)  49
    • Yoeme (Yaqui) [Pascua Yaqui]  15
    • Yoreme (Mayo)  23
    • Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik)  15
    • Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [Kokuluk, St. Lawrence Island]  3
    • Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [St. Lawrence Island]  11
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    • Berg, George Louis  30
    • Cadzow, Donald A.  38
    • Cutipa-Zorn, Gavriel  149
    • Davis, Edward H.  180
    • Emmons, George Thornton  80
    • Ford, James Bishop  41
    • Fred Harvey Company  43
    • Fric, Alberto Vojtech  44
    • Harrington, Mark Raymond  118
    • Harrower, David E.  41
    • Hendricks, Harmon W.  102
    • Heye, George Gustav  147
    • Heye, Thea  76
    • Holden, John L.  30
    • Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior  51
    • Keppler, Joseph W.  32
    • Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland  32
    • Oldman, William Ockleford  72
    • Sander, Fred E.  30
    • Skye, Chief William M.  32
    • Speck, Dr. Frank G.  55
    • Stiles, William F.  44
    • Verrill, A. Hyatt  190
    • Wildschut, William  41
    • Zorn, Elayne  149
  • Place
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    • Alaska  154
    • Arizona  172
    • Bolivia  105
    • Brazil  94
    • British Columbia  309
    • California  53
    • Canada  476
    • Eastern Bolivia  54
    • Ecuador  88
    • Guyana  91
    • Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)  48
    • Mexico  227
    • Montana  48
    • New Mexico  108
    • New York  81
    • North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District)  49
    • Oklahoma  141
    • Panama  124
    • Paraguay  67
    • Peru  171
    • Sonora State  89
    • USA  1140
    • Vancouver Island  96
    • Vancouver Island Group  113
    • Washington  56
  • object type
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    • Ankle rattles  54
    • Bells (idiophones)  74
    • Bullroarer  52
    • Drum and drumstick  92
    • Drum part/fragment  14
    • Drums (membranophones)  182
    • Drumsticks  104
    • Flutes (aerophones)  420
    • Guitars  20
    • Hand drum  149
    • Hand drum and drumstick  107
    • Knee rattles  25
    • Musical instruments  2933
    • Noisemakers  2933
    • Panpipes  108
    • Rasp and rhythm stick/time keeping stick  39
    • Rasps  23
    • Rattles  819
    • Rhythm stick/Time keeping stick  17
    • Sound devices  2933
    • Trumpets (aerophones)  45
    • Violin and bow  30
    • Violins  21
    • Whistles  301
    • Woman's leg rattles  19
  • Culture Area
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Amazonia  281
    • Andes  267
    • Arctic  117
    • California  58
    • Circum-Caribbean  224
    • East Brazil  25
    • Gran Chaco  131
    • Great Basin  42
    • Hawaii  1
    • Mesoamerica  140
    • Northwest Coast  420
    • Pampas/Patagonia  1
    • Pan-Indian  1
    • Plains  357
    • Plateau  18
    • Southeast  83
    • Southern South America  18
    • Southwest  391
    • Subarctic  77
    • Woodlands  196
  • Continent
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Central America  287
    • North America  1760
    • Oceania  1
    • South America  800

  • Media Usage
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  • Exhibition Location
    • NMAI DC  38
    • NMAI NY  15

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