FROM CARD: "60136-40. [From 19th or early 20th century exhibit] LABEL: "HORN SPOONS. BOWLS, MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP. IN SOME EXAMPLES THE HANDLES ARE MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, IN CANADA, AND THROUGHOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HORN OF THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP IS USED IN MAKING DOMESTIC UTENSILS. THE HORN OF THE GOAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO THE CARVER'S ART, AND BY THE TLINGIT INDIANS IS CARVED AND ENGRAVED TO REPRESENT TOTEMIC IDEAS."

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD IN THE FORM OF A FISH WITH THE HANDLE PROJECTING FROM NEAR THE TAIL. THE BODY MADE IN TWO SECTIONS HOLLOWED AND FASTENED TOGETHER. DESIGN: "ORCA". THE WHOLE CHARACTERIZED BY THE DORSAL FINS AND FORMIDABLE TEETH. SEE U.S.M. REPORT (NIBLACK) 1888, PL. LIX, NO. 310. PAINTED RED AND BLACK. (P. 330)."

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 612, collector is Lieut. Paddock, 2nd Artillery, U.S.A. and object is identified as "Labret formerly used by married women (Thlinkets), Sitka."

FROM CARD: "TABLE MATS."

Provenience note: E130624 - 6 were all collected in the summer of 1888 on the cruise of the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross to Alaska. The list of collections in the accession file identifies Original # 2016, Catalogue # E130624, as collected at Yakutat Bay, Alaska.