Object is from Yakutat Tlingit, Port Mulgrave, per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 1158.

FROM CARD: "TWINED BASKET MAT. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL.36, FIG. 183; P. 314. ONE SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023." FROM CARD: "...LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

From card: "Wooden staff of Indian doctor used in incantations."E60210 and E60211 are both catalogued as doctor's staffs. There are 2 entries in the list in the accession file that appear to describe these objects. One entry lists "1 carved, long staff, Doctors, [from] Kootzahoo (i.e. Hutsnuwu Tlingit). The other entry lists "1 medicine stick, long, [from] Hoonia" (i.e. Hoonah). Unfortunately, it is unclear which description applies to which staff, though it can be speculated that the carved staff may be E60210?

FROM CARD: "A NATION OF NATIONS 12/75. LOAN RETURNED AUG 1988."Anthropology catalogue ledger book and object itself was marked "Baranoff Id., Alaska" by museum cataloguer.

FROM CARD: "TWINED BASKET MAT. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL.36, FIG. 183; P. 314. ONE SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023." FROM CARD: "...LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

On exhibit in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as a halibut hook: "Fisherman carved designs on hooks to bring good luck and attract halibut. This hook has an eagle and seal."

From card: "One of the two painted ones, carved. Refer to 231036 [card] for collection data. "These two are of special interest owing to the fact that the carving is not only of unusual interest but both poles are painted, the paint being in excellent condition, practically perfect." (G. A. Dorsey)"