Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR? 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 11A, P. 260. INVENTORIED 1979." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HAIR PIN.---MADE OF IRON, HIGHLY POLISHED, AND INLAID WITH HALIOTIS SHELL. TLINKIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), FORT WRANGEL, ALASKA. 19,528. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. NEG. NO. 9994."

FROM CARD: "USED BY THE INDIANS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA FOR TRAVELING, ETC. DUGOUT OF THE TRUNK OF A SINGLE TREE OF THE GIANT CEDAR (THUJA GIGANTEA). AN OPEN, ROUND BOTTOM KEELESS CANOE; LONG SHARP, OVERHANGING BOW WITH SNOUT-LIKE PROJECTION AND STRAIGHT NEARLY VERTICAL OUTWATER; FLARING SIDES; SHARP, OVERHANGING STERN; ENDS CURVED UP RATHER SHARPLY WITH A CARVED FIGURE OF A BEAR RESTING ON THE BOW AND STERN; PAINTED ALL OVER WITH TOTEMS; EQUIPPED WITH 5 PADDLES. THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST CANOES BUILT BY THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA. THE PERFECTION OF ITS LINES, ITS BUOYANCY, AND ITS ORNAMENTATION CHALLENGE ADMIRATION.- H. COLLINS' SMITHSONIAN BOAT COLLECTION MS. P. 893. G. T. EMMONS "TLINGIT ETHNOLOGY" (MSS IN AMER. MUSEUM NAT. HISTORY) MENTIONS THIS CANOE; "ONE OF THE LAST OF THE CANOES, THE PROPERTY OF THE NAN-YA-A-YI [Naanya.aayí] CHIEF, SHAKES [Sheiyksh], OF THE STIKINE TRIBE WAS NAMED HOOTZ YORK (BROWN BEAR CANOE) FROM THE CARVED BEAR FIGURES SURMOUNTING BOW AND STERN. THE MALE BEAR LEANING OVER THE BOW WAS THE WATCHMAN LOOKING AHEAD, AND THE FEMALE WAS SHOWN RISING OUT OF THE STERN. IT WAS ALSO CALLED "KETE YOURK" (KILLER WHALE CANOE) AS A KILLER WHALE WAS PAINTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BOW. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STERN WAS PAINTED A RAVEN. THE KILLER WHALE AND BROWN BEAR WERE BOTH FAMILY CRESTS, THE RAVEN THE WIFE'S CREST. THIS CANOE PROCURED FOR GOVT. EXHIBIT AT CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR IN 1893 ... ". SEE U.S.N.M. BULL. NO. 127, PG. 218-19 [canoe is listed as number 76315]. [Bow and stern] ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 4, LEFT AND CENTER, PG. 9. THREE DRAWINGS OF SPECIMEN [by Bill Holm are] IN NAA [NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES] ..." ...CONTINUED, SEE CARDS. Note re photos: Smithsonian Photographic Services color slide # 73-5071 is view of National Anthropological Archives drawing of complete canoe showing midships artwork; color slide # 73-5072 is view of NAA drawing of bow of canoe; color slide # 73-5073 is view of NAA drawing of stern of canoe.A 1943 memo in accession file discusses the transfer of this canoe, listed as Division of Engineering number 76315, from the Engineering Division to the Department of Anthropology, and indicates that it formerly had been suspended from the ceiling of the Boat Hall of the Arts and Industries building, but in 1942 was moved to the West Court of the Natural History Museum as an air raid precaution. This canoe has been called various numbers while at the Smithsonian, including Division of Engineering number 76315 and Catalogue Nos. 168115 and 398282 while in the Department of Anthropology. E168115 is the number used currently for it by the Department of Anthropology.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. BAE AR 26, 1904-05, FIG. 103, P. 417. CARVED WOODEN SHARK'S HEAD WITH THREE FINS HINGED BEHIND GILL LINES; ATTACHED TO FRONT SECTION IS A STRIP OF RUBBER CLOTH TERMINATING IN A WOODEN REAR FIN. 'FORMERLY PROPERTY OF OLD SHAKES [Sheiyksh], FORMER CHIEF OF THE NANYAAYI [Naanya.aayí].'"

FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P. 318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit.FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25. NEG. NO.6212."Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0

Old tag with artifact, in Swan's hand: "2 childs grease boxes, Stikine Indians, Fort Wrangel, Alaska."

FROM CARD: "IN SHAPE OF AN ANCIENT MEXICAN WAR CLUB WITH RAGGED EDGE. THE SIDES ARE CARVED TO REPRESENT A MARINE ANIMAL. MADE OF WHALE'S BONE. SEE ACC. PAPERS #38645. LOAN: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA 5/18/64." Loan returned 2012. Identified as Marine Mammal/Walrus bone, rather than whale, during preparation of affidavits on organic materials for Mexico loan return, 2011.Provenience note: Emmons purchased this object in Alaska in 1901. His initial letter to the Smithsonian listing it as for sale was written from Killisnoo, Alaska. The "Prince of Wales Island" locality on the catalogue card seems to be due to a misreading of information in a letter Emmons sent on the provenance of the object. In a letter dated September 30, 1901, which is filed in the accession file, Emmons writes: "It is from the 'Stickheen qwan' [Stikine] living about the mouth of the Stickheen [Stikine] River and Clarence Sts. [islands of Clarence Strait area?], South Eastern Alaska, of the 'Tlingit' people. It is called in Tlingit 'Khutse' and is of a very old type of which but a few pieces have ever been found. I have seen this character of club figure on an old grave (totem) post at the Henyah village of 'Tuck-she-kan' [Tuxekan?] on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island."