Evelyn Windsor (Heiltsuk elder) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. These are story poles or talking sticks. We keep them as stories of who we are and ancestral beginnings. These objects were banned for a time by Europeans and missionaries.Brendan Maloney via RRN, 5/23/21: "Captain Carpenter IMO [in my opinion]. Salmon Trout Head Ovoids light and thin; reminiscent of many of his old paddle designs." Christopher Smith via RRN, 5/31/21: " I agree with Brendan that the formline base is by Captain Carpenter, but the pole (not pictured) is by another Heiltsuk artist, Robert Bell (1859 – 1904). I spent a lot of time with this base and the pole it is matched with (as well as the other poles collected by Swan at the same time) when I was at SIMA in 2019, and the base is clearly by a different artist than the pole and was added as an afterthought. The base looks to have originally been a panel of a box or dish, but was definitely different than the bases of the other poles (also by Bell), as they were mostly figural and were obviously originally matched to the poles themselves. Just wanted to clarify. I've linked to info from the MOA about Bell [http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/person?person=4287&tab=biography]."

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 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 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 IN COLLECTION."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. When you use these they are held upside down. We got our rattles from Tsimshaml. Of the image, the creature on the bottom is a sea creature but a lot of people call it a hawk face. It came out of the water upside down and it floated upside down. The tongues are symbolic too, of sharing languages or dialects with the creatures and also sharing power with the breath of life. Only chiefs use these rattles, they can be carved out of alder, yew or maple wood. When you carve red cedar you have to follow the grain.

FROM CARD: "EX[changed?]. REV. J.C.C. BEWTON 1/26/95."

FROM CARD: "SEE 20690." FROM 19TH CENTURY EXHIBIT CATALOGUE TEXT WITH CARD: "BOWS AND HARPOON-ARROWS USED IN FISHING. BOW: SPRUCE(?); SEMI-OVAL; STRING, A STRIP OF DEER-SKIN. LENGTH, 51 INCHES; WIDTH; 1 3/4 INCHES. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. ACCOMPANIED BY THREE ARROWS; LIGHT CEDAR SHAFTS WITH ROUND BONE HEADS; SMALL, DETACHABLE, BARBED TIPS---ONE OF COPPER, TWO OF BONE--THROUGH WHICH ARE ROVE THE LINES MADE OF FINE SENNIT, BRAIDED OF SINEW."AN ARROW WAS FOUND IN THE COLLECTIONS WITH "20690 SWAN BELLA BELLA B.C." WRITTEN ON IT. THIS NUMBER 20690 IS INCORRECT AND IT WAS GIVEN [temporary number] T24240. HOWEVER, THE LEDGER BOOK ENTRY FOR BOW #20912 SAYS "SEE 20690 FOR ARROWS." THEREFORE, ON THE PRESUMPTION THAT THE ARROW BELONGS WITH THE BOW, THE ARROW HAS ALSO BEEN GIVEN #20912. - F. PICKERING 2-11-1997Listed on page 41 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: "ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 1O, PG. 2." Identified in Handbook caption as a hafted stone chisel.Listed on page 49 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 (Tools)".

FROM CARD: "HALIBUT HOOKS--STRAIGHT WOODEN STOCK; STRAIGHT BONE SHANK LASHED TO LOWER END AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREES; NO BARB; LINE OF TWISTED BARK. L. STOCK 6 1/2", SHANK 4"."