From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 57, fig. 302, p. 330 (Medicine and dance drum, Tlingit of Sitka). Also in Rept., 1896, pl. 70; p. 564." Identified in plate captions as "Medicine and Dance Drum. Tanned sheepskin stretched over a wooden frame. Totemic figure, the bear. It is beaten with an ordinary stick padded with cloth. Tlingit, Sitka, Alaska. Collected by Paymaster E.B. Webster, U. S. Navy." From late 19th or early 20th century exhibit label filed with card: "Hand drum of the Chilkats, Koluschan family. Shell, a hoop of bent wood; head, soaked, stretched across the hoop and nailed. Thongs are stretched across the back for a handle. Inside the head is painted with totemic emblems in red and black. Diameter 30 3/4 inches. Alaska. Collected, 1883, by E. B. Webster."Ruth Demmert, Alan Zuboff, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24. This drum features a raven crest design, which may be traced back to the Raven Bone House because of the backbone and ribs on the design. This object is made of cedar wood, and was used for dancing. It is unclear if this drum was bought in Sitka from Chilkat people, or if it's a design/object of the Chilkat themselves.

FROM CARD: "BOW ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1888; PL. 26, FIG.111; P. 286. ARROW ILLUS. IN SMITHSONIAN REPT. 1893; PL. 51, FIG. 2; P. 679."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 31, FIG. 155; P. 286 (TLINGIT)." FROM CARD: "FISHHOOK.---MADE OF SPRUCE, REPRESENTING A SEA-GULL. MADE IN TWO PIECES, LASHED AT THE JOINT WITH CEDAR BARK, THE SHANKS BEING CARVED WITH DESIGNS SUPPOSED TO GIVE GOOD LUCK TO THE FISHERMAN. THE BARBS WERE FORMERLY OF BONE OR SHELL, BUT LATER OF IRON. TLINKIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 42,976. COLLECTED BY COMMANDER L. A. BEARDSLEE, U.S.N. NEG.NO. 6205."

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: "Evidently a part of some shaman's paraphernalia. The thin slab of whalebone has incided figurine heads at either end, one resembling a turtle, the other a gull. Some of the incised lines are recent, others show weathering."

From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1890; Pl. 72, fig. 1; p. 416 Woman's knife, Kootznoo Indians (Kolushan stock)."From old label glued to artifact: "Ancient War Weapon, Koutznow Indians, Admiralty Island, Chatham Strait, Alaska Ter. June 24 1875 J.G. Swan"

FROM CARD: "60156A,B*. "*TWO SPECIMENS WERE FOUND WITH THIS NUMBER; HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED A & B."Listed on page 41 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

At one time, the hat brim for this basketry hat had been given # 316947 and the hat crown was separately numbered as 316957. Subsequently, both parts of the hat have been reunited under number E316947.