FROM CARD: "#2416 SLATE PIPE HAS A FIGURE WITH A 'HEAD' PROBABLY TAKEN FROM ANOTHER PIPE. GP. 2416 LABEL: "CARVED SLATE PIPE, HAIDA INDIANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WILKES EX EX"." Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on pipe itself and on catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution. Object was entered into the Anthropology catalogue ledger book January 5, 1867. It may have come from the National Institute, or from the War Department, or it might be that it was collected for Spencer Baird by James G. Swan. Illus. Fig. 1, p. 40 in Wright, Robin K., 1979, "Haida Argillite Ship Pipes," American Indian Art Magazine, 5(1). Identified there as a ship-motif panel pipe with horse harnessed to stern-like central cabin.

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: "Not included in Swan inventory"

THIS BUCKLE HAS AN ENGRAVED INSCRIPTION ON THE BACK: "MADE BY KINOWEN A HAIDA AT KLEMMAKOAN VILLAGE ALASKA." KINOWEN IS DUNCAN KIN-O-AN OR GINAAWAAN, AND KLEMMAKOAN IS KLINKWAN, PER ROBIN K. WRIGHT. ANTHROPOLOGY CATALOGUE LEDGER BOOK IS BLANK FOR PEOPLE OR LOCALITY FOR THIS OBJECT. CATALOGUE CARD LISTS IT AS "SITKA INDS. ALASKA." THE MAKER OF THE CATALOGUE CARD MAY HAVE ASSUMED 19553-6 WERE FROM SITKA SINCE 19552 IS IDENTIFIED AS SUCH. - F. PICKERING 6-29-1999 Illustrated Fig. 4.34, p. 209 of Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright attributes to maker Duncan ginaawaan of Klinkwan, and notes that it is inscribed in James G. Swan's handwriting on the back: "made by Kinowen, a Haida at Klemmakoan village." Illustrated Fig. 139, p. 108 in Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B. 2007. Precious Metals: silver and gold bracelets from the Northwest Coast. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. Bunn-Marcuse identifies the buckle as collected by Swan in 1875 at Wrangell from a woman named Annie, who claimed to be a relative of Duncan ginaawaan.

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD TO IMITATE SKUNK CABBAGE. ONE TO CIN. ART. MUS. DEC. 1888." SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. See p. 206-207 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright identifies this object as having been collected by James G. Swan from Duncan ginaawaan at Klinkwan in 1875.