From card: "Double points such as are used on two-pronged salmon spear."

From card: "For clams."

FROM CARD FOR 2697-2698: "WOODEN IMAGES CARVED BY THE NATIVES OF OREGON". COLLECTED BY S. B. ELLIOT OF THE EXPEDITION. NO. 249 WAS LOST BY HARNONCOURT IN 1938."Illus. p. 310 and discussed p. 310 and p. 389 of Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as a carving of a sailor, Chinookan, collected by S. B. Elliot when the U.S. Exploring Expedition visited the Oregon coast in 1841.Peale catalogue identifies # 249 (E2698) and # 250 (this object) as "Wooden images carved by the natives of Oregon."Human figure with hands in front pockets. He is wearing a round, patterned hat and has prominent ears. Figure is carved from a single piece of wood, with shallow manufacture marks noted overall, particularly on the legs. Red stain has been applied overall but is mainly noted present under hat rim, under hat brim, in nostrils, and in the mouth. Has original Peale # label.

FROM CARD: "MADE BY ?CHIMAKUM* INDIAN GIRL. THIS ALSO MIGHT BE THE HUNA A GROUP OF THE TLINKIT, BUT AREA IS NOT THEIRS."Collector/donor is unlisted for this object. Speculatively, it might be from George Gibbs, since material from him was being catalogued around the same time. Also speculatively, the location is given as "Pt. Forward", Washington Territory. This is possibly a misreading of Port Townsend??

FROM CARD: "ILLUSTRATED IN MASON'S CRADLES OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES, USNM AR, 1887; FIG.7, P. 170. ALSO IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 206(B), P.514."Wooden cradle (model or toy), stained red on exterior, with native string loop lacing which firmly holds doll in place. Doll is made of stuffed buckskin, covered with two layers of cloth; only head and feet are visible. Cedar bark bundle is attached, presumably used for head flattening. Has original Peale # label.Entry on cradle model in Peale catalogue # 116 identifies it: "Model of cradle, made by the natives of Oregon to show the manner of flattening the heads of their children." Peale catalogue entry # 38 also mentions this cradle model. There is a doll in the cradle. Caption in USNM AR for 1887 calls this cradle Chinook. The illustrations of this object in the old USNM publications depict a long pad attached to the headboard and extending over the child's forehead and lashed down on either side of cradle, as part of the head flattening process. This pad is not present with the cradle model as of 2010. A similar cradle is shown in an drawing by Alfred T. Agate engraved by T.H. Mumford "Indian Mode of Rocking Cradle". See Charles Wilkes, 1798-1877, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842., 1845 edition, Philadelphia. Printed from original "official" 1844 Philadelphia publication plates ed., 5 vols. (Philadephia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845). Illustration appears on page 361, Volume 4. This cradle is also similar to one depicted in an engraving of a Chinook cradle with head-binding device, Columbia River area, p. 307 of Volume 1 of Belcher, Edward, and Richard Brinsley Hinds. 1843. Narrative of a voyage round the world: performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur during the years 1836-1842 : including details of the naval operations in China from Dec. 1840 to Nov. 1841. London: H. Colburn. See also Catlin cradle # E73312.

FROM CARD: "LABEL READS: "CHINOOK, SHOALWATER BAY, WASH." OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED ON P. 9 OF DAVID IVES BUSHNELL, "DRAWINGS BY GEORGE GIBBS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 1849-1851," SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 97.8 (1938). - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. Bushnell indicated object was collected by George Gibbs probably in 1850 or 1851.