REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983. "MANUFACTURED BY ANTHRO LAB. L.P. EXPO. ST LOUIS 1904."

From card: "Carved of maple wood in high relief. Set with abalone and painted. Abalone set in resin. Rather good work." As of 2014, some of the abalone inlay is missing.See p. 48 in Wright, Robin K. "Two Haida Artists from Yani: Will John Gwaytihl and Simeon Stilthda Please Step Apart," American Indian Art Magazine 23(3), Summer 1998. Wright identifies this beaver motif frontlet as having characteristics of the style of Skidegate Haida artist Simeon Stilthda/Simeon sdiihldaa.

Written on artifact itself in old handwriting: "Scoop for bailing out canoe. Haida Indians. Queen Charlotte Id. J.G. Swan." Accession record also mentions 1 Haida bailing scoop as being part of this collection.

From card: "Presented by John C. Calbreath. to J G. Swan. Called a Sitzee, carved to resemble the crane, Te koh. from Haida Indians of Howkan, Prince of Wales Archipeligo, Alaska. "Its use. When a chief or a member of his family died, it was the custom to kill a slave and bury the body under that of the person for whom he was sacrificed; this was effected by striking the sharp end of the prong through the top of the head penetrating the brain and causing instant death. bears very ancient and highly valued. The paw carved on one end of the Sitzee and forming the handle indicates that the first owner belonged to the totem or family of the bear." - Swan's invoice and descriptive catalogue." Illus. Pl. XLVI, Fig. 261, p. 320 in USNM A.R. for 1888. Publication caption identifies as: "Made from a deer antler, and carved to represent the head of Tl'koh, the crane; the handle represents a bear's paw."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1888, PL. 22, FIG. 86; P. 278. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG.11, PG. 2." FROM CARD: "STONE SLEDGE.---HANDLE OF WOOD, HEAD OF BASALT, WITH LASHING OF SPRUCE ROOT. KAIGANI INDIANS (SKITTAGETAN STOCK), PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,893. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN." 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.

Appears to be a halibut hook and line? Carved arm of hook is carved in the form of a halibut. Note: Cultural and locality identification in Anthropology catalogue card and ledger book lists this as Scowallis [sic] Tribe of Haida Indians, Prince of Wales Archipelago. It may be speculated that "Scowallis Tribe" is actually [Chief] Skowal's [a.k.a. Skowl] tribe, i.e. Kasaan or Howkan?