A wooden panel pipe or ship pipe. Has original Peale # label. Written on this pipe in old handwriting: "N. W. Coast - by R. R. Waldron Ex. Ex. b.17." This may mean that Richard Russell Waldron, purser, USS Vincennes, was the collector of this pipe.Provenience note, in 1841 Oregon Territory encompassed the land from Russian Alaska to Spanish California and from the Pacific to the Continental Divide. The U.S. Exploring Expedition did not go to Canada, but did reach Oregon Territory in 1841, and carried out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades, as well as doing some surveying inland.They had dealings with Hudson's Bay Company staff during that time, and it is probable that the HBC is the source of a number of the Northwest Coast artifacts collected by the expedition.FROM CARD: "WOOD INLAID WITH IVORY."

From card: "(a) 19 1/8" long, bone splints on ea. side. Collected October 9, 1883."

LENT TO MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA, MAY 18, 1964. Loan returned 2012.

From card: "Represents a killer whale. Purchased from the "Ye Olde Curiosity Shop", Seattle, Wash. Attached data tag suggests Haida origin. Additional info. in Lab Acc. file."

The felt is red and black. The cloth is black and cotton. The thread is cotton and red.

The leather is brown. The leather is black. The lining is black.

The wool cloth is dark purple. The button is silver and thread. The silk is dark purple.

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-Shoes like these were first made for sale as novelties in the late 19th century, though woven grass boot liners were traditionally worn further north on the coast. In addition to basketry shoes, Telford is known for basketry garments, ranging from bustiers to skirts and cloaks.

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-Lisa Telford and her apprentice, Shauna Colbert, received the first Bill Holm Center visiting artists grant in 2006. While studying the Burke's collection, she was inspired by the basketry shoes in the collection.

Spirit of the Ancestors-Engraved silver broaches and bracelets were first worn by Northwest Coast Native women to display their inherited crests during the late 19th century, when they were no longer able to display their crests by wearing ceremonial regalia or tattoos. Today, such displays of cultural identity are legal, but bracelets continue to be important ceremonial and everyday wear.