From card: "Carved in low relief in front painted on front, sides, and ends. Top adorned with shell. The figure represents the mythical sea spirit Kome Ko-tale, believed to be larger than the whale and bringing good fortune to anyone who saw it. A great favorite with Haidas and Tsimpsheans, often imitated in their carvings. Painted black, red, and green; lid inlaid with opercula; kerfed, sewn and pegged. From: page 80, Boxes and Bowls catalog; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Press; 1974. Object illus. on same page, and following page. Chest. Wood; carved in relief; painted black, red, and green; lid inlaid with opercula; kerfed, sewn, pegged, and nailed. Length: 34 1/2 [inches]. Tlingit, (Alaska.) "Mythical sea-spirit.""In accession file 41512 Emmons identifies this as Kar-qwan-ton clan. See also accession file for Accession 41221, which contains information about objects from several Emmons accessions. It may contain information about box # E221182? Box # E221182 may be the object referred in Emmons' letter of 17 June 1903 where he indicates: "There is a very handsomely carved and painted chest about the size of a small trunk at Sitka [for sale for] $75.00."

FROM CARD: "A DOUBLE FIGURE - HUMAN ON ONE SIDE, BIRD ON REVERSE. LATTER OF WHICH IS PROBABLY A CORMORANT. THIS FIGURE WAS COPIED FOR COMMERCIAL SALE BY THE ALVA STUDIOS 1960."

FROM CARD: "SKIN."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 8 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List identifies as "Hand protector of seal skin ... worn on the knuckles of the hand using the knife to protect the knuckles."

Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.Per Eric Hollinger, a column of wooden hat rings (potlatch rings), or potlatch cylinder, # E74441 belongs with sculpin crest hat E74339, based on XRF testing of the paint on that object, and comparing/matching it to flecks of the same type of paint on E74339, as well as comparing the size of the two pieces for fit.