FROM CARD: "EX. CANTERBURY MUS, JUNE 1900. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT., 1902; FIGS. 138-9; P. 410. NEG. #86-6978 & 86-6979."

From card: "Painted red on the inner surface and black on the outer. Carved from a single piece of wood. The grip is constricted, flaring out on each side and tapering towards the ends, each of which terminated in a good sized human mask, with real hair inserted." Illus. Fig. 376, p. 274 in Fitzhugh, William W., and Aron Crowell. 1988. Crossroads of continents: cultures of Siberia and Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Identified there as a Tlingit shaman's bow. "Wands, batons, spears, daggers, and other items were used for display, carried in the hands by Tlingit chiefs and shamans on state occasions like potlatches and festivals. This oversized bow has a carved human head at each end, one singing and one talking. Similar paired faces were carved on shaman's headrests used during fasting (Wardwell 1978:87). Ceremonial bows were often made with matching arrows, and were sometimes used in curing ceremonies."

This object is catalogued as "Chilcat". An August 29, 1872 letter from Colyer in accession file has a listing for # "17 Coat of buckskin - from Copper River and the Youkon [a.k.a. Yukon], Alaska." It is possible that E11383 may be the coat this listing refers to?

FROM CARD: "21602-3. 21603-#1-3.5 CM WIDE. FISH DESIGN WITH TAILS ON TOP AND HEADS STRETCHING TO CLASPS. 21602 - 3.1 CM WIDE, AMERICAN EAGLE DESIGN ON TOP WITH SCROLL DESIGN STRETCHING TO CLASP. INVENTORIED 1979."“2 Silver Bracelets made by a Koloshian Indian.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.

FROM CARD: "EMBROIDERED."

Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These are a pair of non-commercially made women's gloves, featuring embroidery and quill designs. This object has strips of leather, and the inside is lined with fur.

FROM CARD: "IMPLEMENT OF WOOD, IN 2 SECTIONS."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 1 on list) appears to attribute this to the Auk Tlingit of Sinta-ka-heen-ee.

FROM CARD: "BONE."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 14 on list) appears to attribute this to the Chilkat Tlingit of Klukwan. List identifies as used for netting webbing of snow shoes.

FROM CARD: "WOOD. A NATION OF NATIONS 12/75. LOAN RETURNED AUG 1988."Florence Sheakley, Alan Zuboff, Ruth Demmert, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object seems relatively modern and may have been made solely for trade. This object is made mostly of painted over moosehide, and the hair coming from the top of the object may be grass, while the stiff fibers could be cedar or porcupine quill. The design on this object may be a hummingbird or a raven because of the frog face on the underside of the object. The handle on the bottom may either be a tongue or just there for the wearer to hold the hat better if it is being danced.