FROM CARD: "CARVED. WORN BY MEDICINE MAN."This object is #33 in the list in the accession file. The list identifies it as "Ornamentally carved bones (2) worn around the neck of a Doctor as charms when practicing about the sick." The heading above this listing for #33 says: "These three pieces [which is presumed to apply to #33, 34, and 35]were brought by the Chilkaht Indian traders + packers from the Gunannao? [word hard to read] people who live about the headwaters of the Yukon River." The museum cataloguer has interpreted Gunannao to be Gonaho, i.e. Gunahoo/Gunaaxoo or the Dry Bay Tlingit, and has listed that designation for E168369 - E168373. It may be instead that this is a version of the word Gunana, i.e. Athabaskan (including Tutchone, Tagish ...), as the Chilkat traded with them. The Yukon River location seems to support this, as that would apply to the Athabaskans, not the Gunaaxoo Tlingit. (See p. 57 in Emmons, George Thornton, and Frederica De Laguna. 1991. The Tlingit Indians. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 70. Seattle: University of Washington Press.)

FROM CARD: "BASKET HAT."

FROM CARD: "CUT FROM THE SOLID, CARVED TO REPRESENT THE BEAVER, PAINTED, AND PEGGED WITH TUFTS OF HUMAN HAIR ON CREST. INCISOR TEETH, TWO UPPER AND TWO LOWER, OF BRASS. TROUGHSCUT FOR REMAINDER OF TEETH NOW EMPTY. PAINTED GREEN OVER ALL, EXCEPT EYEBALLS, BLACK; EYE-BROWS, BLACK; NOSTRILS, RED; LIPS, BLACK. (RESTORED SECTION OF CHEEK SECURED WITH PEGS) NEG. NO. 43,227-E (FRONT). 43,227-F (PROFILE-RIGHT SIDE)."McLean list in accession file identifies this object as Chilcat. It appears that Chilcat may be meant as a place name on this list, perhaps not specifically or exclusively as a culture name, similar to the way other objects in the collection are identified as Sitka, Kootzahoo, and Hoonia. Chilcat/Chilkat is a name sometimes used for Klukwan.

FROM CARD: "COVERED. NO. 168273,- 6 1/2" HIGH. 168,274,-4 3/4" HIGH LX. AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR, 2-21-03. 168275-6 AND 168278, -3" HIGH. 168277 AND 168279,-3 1/2" HIGH. 168280, 5 1/2" HIGH. 168281,-6" HIGH. 168282,-6" HIGH. NO. 168276 EXCHANGED WITH THOMAS WILSON. NO. 168279 EXCHANGED.-MRS. J. G. SAYERS 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4/10/1897. SENT AS LOAN TO L. J. BERGER-AMER. COLORTYPE CO. 277 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY.-MARCH 27, 1903. NO. 168278: SENT AS GIFT TO MERCER UNIVERSITY MACON, GEORGIA. C/O DR. S. Y. JAMESON, PREST. AUG 6, 1906. #168282 - ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; P1. 73; P. 548. #168277-ON EXHIBIT: HALL 11, MAY 1990."

FROM CARD: "WITH A FIGURE INSIDE."On exhibit in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as salmon carving with human figure inside, Tlingit.

FROM CARD: "*CHILKAT. BONE. INVENTORIED 1980."Provenience note: List in accession file appears to attribute #s 19, 20, 21, 22?, 23 and 24 to the Chilkat Tlingit of Klukwan. List identifies all as scraping, skinning and dressing tools for hides/skins. This object is most likely #19 on the list.

Model of Catalogue No. E45968 made in the Anthropology Lab for exhibit purposes. Original is from Chilkat Tlingit, Alaska.No catalog card found in card fileAnthropology Catalogue ledger book indicates this is a model of artifact E45968, modeled by the Anthropology Laboratory for exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The ledger lists the name of C.R. Luscombe, who is the model maker.Illus. Fig. 72 p. 71 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Identified there as killer whale amulet.

THIS IS A MODEL 1849 U.S. MOUNTED RIFLEMAN'S KNIFE (MANUF. JAMES T. AMES, CABOTVILLE, MASS.) MODIFIED WITH AN INDIAN-MADE HANDLE. - CHARLES WORMAN 2/1998 SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.