From card: "Carved with figure of eagle with outstretched wings. Clasp fastening."The eagle appears to depict or be inspired by the Heraldic eagle with outspread wings and shield on its chest that is used on the Great Seal of the United States and that has appeared on early U.S. Peace Medals and various U.S. coins, etc..

Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution as no Peale number has been identified for this object. Second copy of Anthropology catalogue ledger book has "Clallam Indians, Wash." penciled in as a possible identification sometime post cataloguing by an unknown person.