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LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1/2 SENT TO GIGLIOLI, ITALY.
FROM CARD: "NO. 1 HAS ELEVEN VALVES OF PECTUR [sic] SHELLS, HOOP OF SPRUCE ROOT NO. 2 HAS 16 VALVES STRUNG ON A SINGLE HOOP WHICH ITS ENDS LAPPED AND FEATHERS PLACED AT THE LAP, THE FEATHER AND LAP WOUND WITH CEDAR BARK. NO 3 HAS 3 HOOPS OF DIA. 2-1/2, 1-7/8 AND 1-3/8. STRUNG WITH SMALL PECTUR [sic] SHELLS."The shells on the rattle are called "Pectur" on the old catalogue card. "Pectur" may be a mistranscription of "Pecten". In support of this, note that James G. Swan in a July 10, 1864 letter in the accession file refers to these rattles as made of scallop shells.
Identified as of probable Makah manufacture by Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, 3-2003
This basket is small and almost flat-- looks like it might be a lid, but it doesn't fit any of the other baskets in this catalog number. It is also made with a finer and lighter color reed than the others. Might be misnumbered.