Identified as of probable Makah manufacture by Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, 3-2003

From card: "To accompany the harpoons # 72634-6. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 2c, pg. 424."Described p. 106 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Serving Stick And Twine. Stick, yew; twine, nettle fiber. Ends of stick carved to represent the caudal fin of the whale. Used in connection with the mallet (76638) to serve harpoon laniards. Length, 16 1/2 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1882. James G. Swan. By means of this implement and the mallet, twine is wound or wrapped around the harpoon lines in spiral folds in the same manner as ordinary seamen serve a rope with spun-yarn or marline. The Indians employed this process before the advent of the white man. The necessities of the case caused them to adopt a plan at once simple and effective. "This stick has been in the family from which it was procured more than four generations. It was the property of Chief Haiks, who died at Neah Bay thirty years ago. His whaling implements have been carefully preserved and never used since his death."—[J. G. Swan.]"

This one (the larger of the two hats) was formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 29. Exhibit label identified it as: "Rain hat of woven spruce roots."

FROM CARD [for 1155 through 1159]: "WITH TWO MINIATURE BOTTLES..."

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."