FROM CARD: "13096-101. 13096 MINIATURE DOOR POST." Accession record calls this a large carving (bear and eagle), Haida.

Basket has original label attached to artifact that says "Maggie Yeltatsi [presumably maker or original owner?], Jackson, Alaska." Jackson is an alternate name for Howkan, Alaska. Deborah Ann Head, 6-3-2009, notes that Yeltatsi is a Haida last name, and Howkan is a Haida area.

From card: "Cedar bark woven."Original label attached to artifact says "Polly Skulka [presumably the maker or original owner?], Jackson, Alaska." Jackson is an alternate name for Howkan, Alaska, which is a Haida town. Skulka/Skultka is usually a Haida name.

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

From card: "4/4/68 - includes pair of leggings, only a few coins remain on skirt, GP A-B-C. Leggings have red wool applique and shell buttons. Skirt [a.k.a. apron] decorated with puffin beaks and coins. Collector's tag: "Dancing skirt and leggings. Ancient work was trimmed when new with puffin beaks and Chinese copper coins. Procured at Massett [Masset] of Scana cha tas, a chief whose father formerly owned and wore the dress in ceremonials. Chinese copper coins were brought from Canton by traders 100 years ago and were very common among the coast tribes who trimmed their blankets with them."The handwritten James G. Swan tag quoted on the card above is still with the artifacts as of 2010. In addition to the information quoted above, it lists the objects as Swan original No. 70 and indicates a collection date of July 7th, 1883, at a cost of $1.25.

From card: "Bilateral type with multiple barbs and a lanyard eye in the base. Found in the collection."