From card: "Beaver and bear motifs."

Has movable parts.

From card: "Wood finely carved. $10.00. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 26, fig. 113; p. 286. [Identified in this publication as a war spear.] Triangular bayonet point with scabbbard of wood. Attributed to Haida by Duff, Holm & Reid in Arts of the Raven, The Vancouver Art Gallery June - September, 1967 Item 434. 4/18/67: loaned to Vancouver Art Gall. 12/13/67 Returned by Vancouver. Loan: Crossroads; Loan returned: Jan 21, 1993. Illus.: Crossroads of Continents catalogue, Fig. 312, p. 232." Identified in Crossroads catalogue photo caption as "Spear, Tlingit, carved like a totem pole with interlocked crest and mythical figures, this spear also served as a ceremonial staff."

Originally catalogued as Tsimshian, but accession record identifies this object as "Haidah", i.e. Haida. The entry reads: "1 Haidah cane. Hand holding fish." E20905 is the only cane catalogued in this accession.

FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1980."The accession record lists "3 pieces stone carving by Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Island B.C." as part of this accession. This object may be one of those pieces.

Listed on page 42 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

From card: "Bear, cormorant, and frog motifs."

From card: "Presented by Chief Edinsa [Edenshaw] of North Id., B.C. worn as ear ornaments. presented to Swan August 15, 1883. Illus. USNM AR 1888, Pl. VII, fig. 20, p. 260." Loan (incorrectly labelled as # E72993 - see back of card for 72993) for Crossroads of Continents exhibit Sep 22, 1988. Illus. (incorrectly labelled as 72993) Crossroads of Continents catalogue; Fig. 62, p. 60.