FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "MOCCASINS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST INDIANS. MADE OF REINDEER SKIN; SEAM DOWN THE FRONT; SOLES OF SAME MATERIAL; ANKLE PIECES OF SKIN OR CLOTH; TONGUE PIECE OF CLOTH, WITH OR WITHOUT EMBROIDERY. THE PLAN OF THESE SHOES RESEMBLES THOSE OF TRIBES EAST OF THE ROCKIES, BUT THE TOE IS FINISHED OFF WITH A CROSS-SEAM. SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. 20,816; 20,796; 165,148. COLLECTED BY ... J. G. SWAN"Ruth Demmert, Virginia Oliver, Florence Sheakley, Alan Zuboff, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These moccasins were made by the same person who made E020817-0. This object is probably made out of thin moosehide, not reindeer. The Tlingit would have only used reindeer if it was acquired through trade, since they would use any material they had. Moosehide has varying thicknesses, and can be spliced or sliced to make thinner layers. These moccasins also feature either cloth, flannel, or thick canvas.The decorations on this design are made with hand sewn thread, not beads.

FROM CARD: "SPOON.---BOWL OF SHEEP HORN, HANDLE OF GOAT HORN ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. THE BOWL IS SHAPED BY STEAMING THE HORN IN A WOODEN MOULD.THE HANDLE IS FASTENED TO THE BOWL WITH COPPER RIVETS. LENGTH, 8 3/4 INCHES; WIDTH OF BOWL, 2 1/2 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,749. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

METAL BLADE 28.5 CM LONG. HAFT WRAPPED WITH LEATHER THONG, LEATHER STRAP BROKEN. HAFT ENDING IN HUMAN HEAD CARVED OF WOOD, WITH COPPER INLAY EYES AND CROWN-LIKE ORNAMENT. LEATHER DETERIORATED.

FROM CARD: "TWINED BASKET MAT. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL.36, FIG. 183; P. 314. ONE SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023." FROM CARD: "...LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 614, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford.

FROM CARD: "9244-54. NOS. 9244, 9250 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIGS. 34, 32; P. 394. 9244, 9248, 9252, 9253, 9254: THESE 5 SPECIMENS WERE LENT TO RENWICK "BOXES AND BOWLS" EXHIBITION ON 11-7-73. RETURNED 8-24-76. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. (SEE FRONT OF CARD). LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76." FROM CARD: "WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF. TRANSFERRED FROM ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM IN 1870. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."