Notes

From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 43, fig. 242; p. 318. Carved and painted wooden box." From old 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with the card: "Cedar Box - Carved with totemic design of "Hoots" [a.k.a. Hoorts], the bear. The lid is made of a slab of wood beveled on the under side to fit over the box. The sides are made of two pieces, one being the end, and the other a single piece bent twice at right angles to form the two sides and the other end. There is very little appearance of breaking at the two corners. The joints at the other corners are pegged together. The bottom is made of a separate piece of wood; so that altogether there are four pieces of wood used in its construction. Besides being used for household purposes, it is used among the Tlinkits [Tlingit] as a depository for the ashes of the dead. Haida Indians (Skittagetan stock), Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Collected by James G. Swan." Paint colors: black, red, blue.