AS OF 2003 THERE ARE 3 BASKETS WITH THIS NUMBER. LARGEST HAS STRIPED DESIGN IN MAIN FIELD AND RED WOOLEN YARN INSERTED AS A TWINING ELEMENT. THE OTHER TWO WERE BOTH ILLUS. IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984. ONE BASKET WAS FIG. 13, P. 50 AND DISCUSSED P. 49, ID AS WRAPPED TWINED CYLINDER BASKET, CHEHALIS?, HORIZONTAL CHECKERBOARD BANDS IN MAIN FIELD, MYTHICAL ANIMAL FIGURES CALLED C'AYUM BY CHEHALIS DECORATE RIM, 12.7 CM. W; 13 CM. H.. THIRD BASKET FIG. 15, P. 51 AND DISCUSSED P. 50, ID AS SMALL WRAPPED TWINED BASKETRY BAG, CLATSOP OR TILLAMOOK, WOVEN WITH RED WOOLEN YARN INSERTED AS A TWINING ELEMENT; DESIGNS INCLUDE DEER, ELK, AND HUMANLIKE FIGURE, 13.6 CM. H, 14 CM. DIA., 10.8 CM. W..Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution, or at least no Peale number has been identified for these pieces.

From card: "Salish? Red and black geometric motifs."

Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".

FROM CARD: "PEALE CATALOG IDENTIFYS THIS AS A TOOL FOR POUNDING FROM THE NATIVES OF OREGON. PROBABLY OBTAINED BY WILKES IN NORTHERN PUGET SOUND. THE ART STYLE IS VERY TYPICAL OF SALISH WORK PARTICULARLY COWICHAN. ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 263."This appears to be a fish club. Carved wooden club, one end carved with bird head.

Catalogue card calls this a "sword float". Anthropology ledger book appears to call this a "snood float." According to the accession record, it is a wooden bird-shaped float for fishing, to which fish hooks and a line are attached. See related object sturgeon hooks E130991. See accession record for more detailed description of this object and its use.Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".

Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".

From card: "Oval. Repaired by Anthropological Laboratory." Identified as northern Puget Sound type by Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 11-6-2007.

From card: "Imbricated. Designs in black as follows" (see card for drawing of design)An old tag is still attached to basket: "Hudson Bay Fur Company, Inc., Seattle, Wash." The Hudson Bay Fur Company, Seattle, Washington, was a fur and curio shop founded in 1900 by Moritz Gutmann; name changed in 1942 to Alaska Fur Company.

FROM CARD: "TWO BUNDLES. DEPOSITED."For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.