From card: "For dancing. Bear? See U.S.N.M Report 1888, pl. LIX, fig. 313, p. 330. See Fig. 46, p. 194 of Bill Holm, "Will the Real Charles Edensaw Please Stand Up?", in _The World Is As Sharp As A Knife_; British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria; 1981. Rattle is attributed there to Haida carver Tom Price." Rattle was formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 29. Exhibit label identified it as a rattle in the form of a bear.

FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM BLOCK OF CLAY SLATE. (DUPLICATE CARD. COPIED FROM CATALOG). LABEL: "HAIDA INDIANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA".Argillite clay-type portrait pipe; human figure with bone head reclining on stem behind bowl.It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by Dr. John Evans during his surveying in Oregon and Washington Territories and Vancouver Island, 1851-1852 or 1853-1856?

Appears to be a ship-motif argillite panel pipe.

FROM CARD: "20258 & 20259 IDENTIFIED [in MARCH, 1979] BY PETER MACNAIR, B.C. PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, VICTORIA, AS MADE BY CHARLES EDENSHAW. INVENTORIED 1979." FROM CARD [for E20257 through 20259], 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL: "NAPKIN RINGS.---MADE OF THIN SILVER BANDS, WITH EXTERIORS ENGRAVED WITH VARIOUS FIGURES. HAIDAH INDIANS. DIAM., 1 1/2 INS. HEIGHT, 1 7/16 INS. CASSIAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN FOR CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1876. MADE BY HAIDAH INDIANS UNDER DIRECTION OF MR. SULLIVAN, GOLD COMMISSIONER OF DOMINION OF CANADA. BURNISHED BY RUDOLPH, OF VICTORIA, B. C."E20258 and E20259 had been attributed to Charles Edenshaw by Peter Macnair in 1979. However, Robin Wright, 2013, attributes them as Haida, but by an unknown maker. Illus. Fig. 204, p. 180 in Wright, Robin Kathleen, Daina Augaitis, Robert Davidson, and James Hart. 2013. Charles Edenshaw. London: Black Dog Publishing. The napkin ring is attributed to an unknown maker rather than to Charles Edenshaw, which is discussed on pp. 180-181, and design is described as consisting of a winged human on one side, and a dog in a central cartouche on the other. "This napkin ring features a winged human perhaps inspired by figureheads on European ships, angel imagery, or by the many Haida stories of human transformation."

From card: "One not in collection? One exchanged with Salem, May, 1886. Motifs: 1 raven, 1 sparrow-hawk."LEDGER, CATALOG CARD AND SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO SALEM, MA. 1886.

Two old museum tags with the artifact identify this canoe as "Nootka type." One of the two tags actually states "Canoe. Nootka Type. Boas." The second tag also notes "Parts missing."

Appears to be a carved wooden version of a three-legged cast iron bellied kettle or cook pot with two 7-shaped handle ears. As of 2012, one of the three legs is missing.