FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD, IN TWO SECTIONS, TIED TOGETHER AT THE EDGES AND PINNED AT THE HANDLE. DESIGN, A BIRD WITH OPEN WINGS. ONE ITS BREAST A CARVED MASK. ON THE BACK IS A HUMAN FIGURE IN RELIEF WITH A FROG ON HIS BREAST. EATING HIS TONGUE. THE TAIL OF THE BIRD REPRESENTS THE HEAD AND BEAK OF A BIRD. PAINTED RED, GREEN AND BLACK. USED IN THEIR RELIGIOUS DANCES."

LID TO BASKET TLINGIT? Identified as of probable Makah manufacture by Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, 3-2003

FROM CARD: "QUAI-U-BADDY.-CIRCULAR BAND OF CEDAR-BARK FIBER, 1 1/2 INCHES BROAD, PENDANT BEHIND BEING LARGE BUNCHES AND ON SIDES LONG NARROW BUNCHES OF SAME. ON EACH SIDE ARE TWO ERECT TUFTS OF SAME IN WHICH ARE WRAPPED BUNCHES OF FEATHERS. WORN IN TSIARK, OR MEDICINE DANCE."

From card: "12/13/66 1 harpoon point and sheath located. GP."Described p. 103 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Lance-head. New. Indian name, "Kathlat-te-uk." Head, steel; socket, wood, served with bark strips. Covered with a coating of spruce gum. Length, 7 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan. Used with a long pole (72674), and when thrust into a whale the lance becomes detached, and is recovered when the whale is cut up. A lance-head that has been successfully used acquires additional value, and for some of them the Indians ask a fabulous price."

From card: "Large. Kla-ash."Described p. 105 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Basket. A large basket,"Kla-ash," used by natives for holding spear-heads, harpoons, and lines, when sealing. Length, 28 inches. Port Townsend, Washington Territory, January, 1883. James G. Swan. These baskets are never offered for sale. The prices asked for them, when a native is induced to sell, exceed those for the ordinary baskets."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN CHAS. RAU, PREHISTORIC FISHING IN EUROPE AND NO. AMERICA, SMITHSONIAN CONTRIB'S TO KNOWLEDGE 508, FIG. 336, P. 187 (1884)." From old James G. Swan label glued onto artifact: "ancient knife for splitting fish, Makah Indians, Neah Bay, W.T. Indian name Co-che-tin. J. G. Swan Dec 1874."