From card: "4/4/1968 This specimen is missing but two specimens, unnumbered, may have been mistaken since they have red borders although the blanket is actually brown. Tentatively they are numbered 89,l98 A & B. - GP. Killer whale motif. 89198b- Illus. : CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS catalogue; Fig. 431. p.304." Crossroads caption identifies as: "Button Blanket, Haida. Squatting skeletized humanoids ... with wood dorsal fins emerging from their chests, cover the back of this appliqued dogfish button blanket. The dogfish, a clan crest, is recognized by its arched head and downturned, toothed mouth. Humanoid faces mark the joints of the fins, tail, and dorsal fins. A double row of buttons edges the red flannel border that frames three sides of the robe."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=185 , retrieved 5-17-2012: Button robe or button blanket, Haida.

This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. Paddle 1 of 2 (also called E72675A) only is on loan to AMRC. Second paddle, paddle 2 of 2, is on exhibit in Sant Ocean Hall NMNH, 2008.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on paddle 1 of 2, also called E72675A, http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=602 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Canoe Paddle Haida canoe paddles were made of red or yellow cypress and ornamented with clan crest designs to match images painted on the boat itself. The paddles have wide grips and pointed tips. With a full complement of paddlers (up to eight men and women) Haida canoes were swift and maneuverable. After contact with European traders, the Haida added sails to their boats.

From Ledger Book: "Loan John J. McLean June 10, 1905. Sent to Mr. Philip S. McLean, 50 Church ST, NYC, 9/9/[19]13" Recorded under loan "Accession" # 10413. Apparently, most of this collection was returned to the family of the lender, but this item remains in the collection.This bowl is formerly ET623. Description from T # card: "Small canoe shaped -- traces of red paint..."

Identified as Haida style of manufacture by Deborah Ann Head, 6-3-2009.

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.