Written on artifact itself: "Ice or seal hook used in boat, Taku Harbor, S.E. Alaska." Written by Dr. William Fitzhugh on barcode tag with artifact: "Must be Norton Sound/SW Alaskan Eskimo origin."

Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.

From card: "Shank of hard wood, blade of iron, lashing of split-spruce root. (Old)."In letter dated April 17, 1901 in accession file, Emmons identifies these objects as from Killisnoo. However, he also identifies Killisnoo as on Admiralty Island, but Killisnoo is on Killisnoo Island; it is Angoon which is on Admiralty Island. Because of this confusion, and because of the fact that Killisnoo and Angoon are only 2 miles apart, it is unclear whether these objects were collected at Killisnoo or Angoon.

FROM CARD: "BIRDS HEAD."Pipes E60200 - E60204, which do not have original numbers listed in the Anthropology catalogue ledger book, have been presumed to be from Hoonia/Hoonah by the person who typed the catalogue cards, based on the original artifact list in the accession file.

FROM CARD: "COPPER. 168381-A 2.2CM WIDE; SETTINGS NEAR CLASP ARE MISSING. 168381-B 2.4CM WIDE; SETTINGS NEAR CLASP ARE MISSING. INVENTORIED 1979."

Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both beaders and elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The design of this object was copied from bakestry and uses large, size 10 beads.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1888, PL. VI - FIG. 6, P. 260. HEAVY FLAT COPPER BRACELET, INLAID ON THE UPPER SURFACE WITH PIECES OF ABALONE SHELL. 5/1964 ON PIECE OF SHELL MISSING FROM ONE OF THE PAIR. " FROM LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH THE CARD: "BRACELET.---MADE OF COPPER AND INLAID WITH SHELL. WIDTH, 5/8 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), FORT WRANGELL, ALASKA. 19,529. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."