FROM CARD: "27 CARVED STICKS, 1 LEATHER POUCH ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 63, FIG. 335, P. 344. FOR STUDY AND RETURN: MR. STEWART CULIN UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PHILA. PA. MARCH 24, 1897." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GAMBLING STICKS. MADE OF WOOD; TWENTY-SEVEN IN NUMBER, WITH DEERSKIN CASE. EACH STICK IS CARVED WITH A TOTEMIC DESIGN. LENGTH, 5 INCHES; DIAMETER, 1/2 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA, 6,556. COLLECTED BY DR. T. T. MINOR, U. S. A. EXPLANATION OF GAME.-EACH OF THE PLAYERS, IN TURN, SELECTS A NUMBER OF THESE STICKS FROM HIS BAG AND COVERS THEM IN A HEAP OF FINELY CUT BARK TOW. HIS OPPONENT THEN GUESSES WHETHER THIS NUMBER IS ODD OR EVEN, OR IN WHICH OF TWO PILES A CERTAIN STICK IS HIDDEN. ACCORDING AS HIS GUESS IS A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE, HE GAINS OR LOSES ONE OR MORE STICKS. THIS IS KEPT UP UNTIL ONE OF THE PLAYERS LOSES HIS ENTIRE SET AND THUS FORFEITS THE ARTICLE BET UPON THE GAME. THE TLINGITS ARE INVETERATE GAMBLERS."

OCTOPUS BAG; FLORAL BEADWORK. FROM JAMES G. SWAN ORIGINAL TAG WITH ARTIFACT: "NO. 201 HAIDA INDIANS HUNTING POUCH. KULTL GEAR. SITKA INDIAN MANUFACTURE. SKIDEGATE, B.C. AUG. 30, 1883, JAMES G. SWAN, $1."Linda Wynne, Florence Sheakley, Alan Zuboff, Virginia Oliver, and Ruth Demmert made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This is an octopus bag, specifically used for hunting because of the strap. Florence noted that she made a bag similar to this one that took her over a month to complete, and wasn't as busy as this one with regards to the beadwork design. The bag has some large, size 10 beads, which were produced later on, and don't have the same good detail as smaller beads. Virginia commented that someone may have added beads to this bag after it was created in order to sell it. The button on this object could be a brass button taken from a military coat. This bag has double toes and was made with two needles, whereas beaders today usually use only one needle.

FROM CARD: "FUNGUS GROWTH."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 28 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List also identifies object as "Fungus growth of hemlock, for paint?, which is charred?, rubbed off and used for painting the face for daily use, to save the complexion."

FROM CARD: "LOCALITY: ALASKA. REMARKS: *FOUND NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE INDIAN RIVER, 2 MI. FROM SITKA."

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 608, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford and object is from Sitka Tlingit.

From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Rain-Hat (Old Pattern). - Made of grass (iris tenax), closely braided and painted green; waterproof. Shape, truncated cone. Band inside to fit head; secured by broad woolen strap which passes under chin. Sitka-Kwan Indians. Diameter, 17 1/2 ins. Height, 9 ins. Alaska, 1882. Collected by John J. McLean."

FROM CARD: "SUBSTITUTE SAND PAPER. INVENTORIED 1980."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 4 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List also identifies object as "Piece of the skin of the dog fish ... from the work box of a Tlingit ... used as a substitute for sand paper in working down and polishing horn spoons, dishes and wood and bone carvings."

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 604, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford and object is from Sitka Tlingit.

FROM CARD: "21602-3. 21603-#1-3.5 CM WIDE. FISH DESIGN WITH TAILS ON TOP AND HEADS STRETCHING TO CLASPS. 21602 - 3.1 CM WIDE, AMERICAN EAGLE DESIGN ON TOP WITH SCROLL DESIGN STRETCHING TO CLASP. INVENTORIED 1979."“2 Silver Bracelets made by a Koloshian Indian.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.