FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS (QUAI-U-BADDY). - CIRCULAR BAND OF CEDAR-BARK FIBER, 1 1/2 INCHES BROAD, PENDANT BEHIND BEING LONG BUNCHES OF SAME. ON EACH SIDE ARE TWO ERECT TUFTS OF FEATHERS, AND IN FRONT A HORIZONTAL TUFT, WRAPPED WITH FIBER AND RED FLANNEL CLOTH. WORN IN TSIARK OR MEDICINE-DANCE."

From James G. Swan original tag with artifact, now (2008), stored in Anthropology Collections Lab accession file: "No. 1, Model of Makah Whaling canoe, a very fine specimen & true to nature, made by Lechessar, a Makah Indian for U.S. Fish Commission and National Museum, Washington, D.C. From James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Wash. Terr. Sept. 18, 1884. This canoe + Indians represent a whaling scene off Cape Flattery Washington Territory. The whale has gone down, and they are eagerly and intently watching for its reappearance on the surface. If near enough, the harpooner Hetukivad, throws down his paddle, seizes the harpoon and plunges it into the whale, and simultaneously the seal skin buoys and tow line are thrown overboard by the Indian immediately behind the harpooner. The buoys oblige the whale to keep on the surface of the water where he is killed with lances, and towed ashore. J. G. Swan."

FROM CARD: "WITH SHELL SPEAR. MADE OF TWISTED SINEW, WRAPPED WITH HEMP CORD. THICKNESS ABOUT 1/2 AN INCH."

From card: "Kla-ash".This may be the last basket described on p. 106 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.. It is the right type, the collection information and measurement given in the book matches 72663, and 72664 and 72665 are also described in that publication. The basket is described there as: "Basket. Basket used to hold spear-heads and other small articles when sealing - called by the Makahs, "Kla-ash." A very fine specimen. Double, made for a chief, and was procured as a special favor. Such baskets are never offered for sale. After having been used they acquire additional value, and to sell one is deemed unlucky. This being new, was more easily obtained. Length, 19 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan."