FROM CARD: "MODEL OF DUGOUT CANOE. NEG. NO. 2,409."This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=589 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Canoe Model Haida master canoe builders were legendary, called Woodpeckers for the sound of their adzes as they felled and hollowed out the giant cedar trees of Haida Gwaii - the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia. They filled the hollowed logs with water and hot stones to soften the wood, allowing the sides to be spread apart for a wider hull; then they inserted seats and attached separate bow and stern sections. The finished boats were up to 75 feet (23 m) long and equipped with cypress wood paddles, cedar bark lines, and stone anchors.

Attributed to Charles Edenshaw by M. Barbeau - see catalog card.From card: "Chest; argillite; carved in relief; non-Indian wood bottom. "Front and back, Hoorts, the bear; on the ends, Helinga, the thunderbird. Top, Wasko, the mythological wolf." Swan. Attributed to Charles Edenshaw by M. Barbeau. Oct. 1973. From the attached original card, it appears this item had been intended to be sent away in exchange, but the item is still in the museum collection. R. Elder. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 44, fig. 243, p. 319. Loaned Renwick Ga. 11-7-73, loan returned 8-24-76 ..." (continued, see cards.)Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, says "I believe this argillite chest is by Zacherias Nicholas, formerly known as the “Master of the Chicago Settee”