FROM CARD: "PEALE CATALOG IDENTIFYS THIS AS A TOOL FOR POUNDING FROM THE NATIVES OF OREGON. PROBABLY OBTAINED BY WILKES IN NORTHERN PUGET SOUND. THE ART STYLE IS VERY TYPICAL OF SALISH WORK PARTICULARLY COWICHAN. ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 263."This appears to be a fish club. Carved wooden club, one end carved with bird head.

From card: "Red herring bone stripes. Fringed on three sides." Described on p. 125, cat. entry 89 of Salish Weaving by Paula Gustafson, Univ. of Washington Press, 1980 as "Fibres: Warp and weft are animal fibre, either handspun domestic sheep fleece or commercial knitting yarn. Colour: White with plaid stripes of red, orange and yellow. Weave: Twill."

From card: "Same as "A" in form, and carved representation of a wolf-like animal about the same as "C" but covering more of the surface and not as well carved. Also only one pair of feet is shown while two are on "C". A long split across the lower half has been repaired with two cord stitches. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 5d, pg. 460."

From card: "2 shells, species (?), alternating with blue glass beads and red cloth." From old label with artifacts: "Malakut, Cowichan, East coast of Vancouver."