FROM 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."

CARVED OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN (ACCORDING TO R. LINTON, 1953). CARVED HANDLE, RELIEF CARVING ON BACK. SMALL CHIPPED SPOT AT TIP OF BOWL.

FROM CARD: "DESIGNS OF AN OLD "GARS" POST IN CHIEF'S HOUSE. POSSIBLY KLUCKWAN. "FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ITEMS DEPICTED IN PHOTOGRAPHS 860 & 860A, SEE: EMMONS, GEORGE T. THE WHALE HOUSE OF THE CHILKAT. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY VOL XIX, PART I (1916) THESE CARVINGS MAY BE SOME MADE FOR THE NEW WHALE HOUSE AT KLUCKWAN WHICH WAS STARTED BETWEEN 1899-1901, BUT NEVER FINISHED, OR THEY MAY BE CARVINGS MADE FOR SOME OTHER UNKNOWN USE. WCS [William C. Sturtevant]."Note: the Accession papers for Accession # 27833 for the year 1894 list the following objects: "TWO RECENT CARVINGS (TOTEMS) YELLOW CEDAR FROM ALASKA EX. WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. MODERN WORK OF TLINKIT INDIAN PRESENTED BY DEPT. OF INTERIOR WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, F. W. CLARKE REP., COLLECTED BY LIEUT. G. T. EMMONS." Accession file 27833 does not record the catalogue number or numbers for these artifacts, nor have they been identified in the collections to date. It therefore can be speculated that the two house posts Catalogue No. 169102 may possibly be the objects referenced?

FROM CARD: "45999A,B. 999B: BENT BOWL; WOOD; PAINTED BLACK AND RED; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED AND PEGGED. 45999A,B. LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76. 45999B. FROM: PAGE 68, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG, RENWICK GALLERY; SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 58. BENT BOWL WOOD; PAINTED BLACK AND RED; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED AND PEGGED. LENGTH: 9 1/2 TLINGIT, SITKA, ALASKA, COLLECTED BY J. J. MCLEAN CATALOGUED DECEMBER 27, 1881. 45,999-B."

FROM CARD: "IMAGE OF SACRED BIRD. BEARS TAG: "DANCING HEADDRESS. BIRD OVER SEA MONSTER." A SECOND TAG: "SITKA, ALASKA. KOLOSH INDIANS, ALASKA. THE SACRED BIRD WHICH BROUGHT OVER THEIR ANCESTORS FROM ASIA. THIS IS A HEAD DRESS USED ONLY AT THEIR SACRED DANCES. V. COLYER." IS ACTUALLY A BIRD-HEAD, WHOSE BREAST IS FORMED INTO THE FACE OF A SEA-CREATURE WITH A ROW OF TINY SHELLS FOR TEETH. OF WOOD, BUT BACK, WINGS, AND TAIL OF BIRD ARE OF LEATHER WITH PAINTED DESIGNS. LOAN: ROBERT H. LOWIE MUSEUM DEC. 31, 1964. LOAN RETURNED. FEB 15 1966."Ruth Demmert and Florence Sheakley, elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object is made of thick moosehide and features a design of an eagle over a shark.

FROM CARD: 8944 A,B,C,D. NAME: *CHOP STICKS [sic], EATING STICKS. *BERRY SPOONS. REMARKS: CARVED WHALEBONE. 1 AND 2 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 41, FIG. 224; P. 318. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N106, P.156. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25, 1988."Entry on E8944A - D in Army Medical Museum ledger book for Section 6, Miscellaneous Section, under A.M.M. number 378: Received October 29, 1869, from Bvt. Col. A.H. Hoff, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A. - "Two pairs of "chop-sticks" [sic] - implements use by the Indians about Sitka in taking their food."Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Originally the design on this spoon was used as a filler design, but today people attribute it to Deisheetan clan, who have a bear design. The presence of a finger design suggests this object comes from Kaagwaantaan clan. This is part of a set that includes E8944A-0, E8944B-0, E8944C-0, E8944D-0

Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.

FROM CARD: "PEOPLE *CHILKAT-SITKA ? REMARKS *9/30/66: THIS SPECIMEN DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LISTED ON THE ORIGINAL MCLEAN INVENTORY (NOV. 9, 1881) THAT PROVIDES SPECIFIC PROVENIENCE FOR EACH ITEM. GEP."