FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 40, FIG. 207; P. 316. 1/6/67: THE BOWL ILLUS. (ABOVE) IS NOT THE SAME AS USNM #20858. BASICALLY IT IS KWAKIUTL IN APPEARANCE (DRUCKER, BAE, 1955, P. 72), BUT HAS TWO IDENTIFICATIONS HAND WRITTEN ON THE INSIDE AND UNDERSIDE: 1-STIKINE INDIANS, FT. WRANGEL, ALASKA; 2 - NO. 77, HAIDA INDIAN, KLEMMAKOON VILLAGE [i.e. Klinkwan], PRINCE OF WALES ID. GP. THE ILLUS. SPECIMEN RETAINS CAT. #20858, THE CONFLICTING SPECIMEN IS CATALOGED #20858-A. LOAN TO 1876 CENTENNIAL COMM. 4/20/76. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."Listed on page 45 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 (Tools)". Listed under incorrect number, 28858.

FROM CARD: "49214-17. GLEN IS. MUS. N. Y. 6/23/94."

FROM CARD: "PROBABLY A CHILKAT DANCE LEGGING HAVING STANDARD CHILKAT MOTIFS AND BORDERED BY FRINGED LEATHER. SOME REPAIRS - FRAGILE - REMNANTS OF PUFFIN BEAK ATTACHMENTS. ILLUS.: THE SPIRT SINGS CATALOGUE; GLENBOW-ALBERTA INSTITUTE; 1987, #N17, P. 136. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987; LOAN RETURNED." Illus. in Fig. F, after p. 48 in The Chilkat Dancing Blanket, by Cheryl Samuel, University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Illus. Fig. 5, p. 46 in Pasco, Katie, 1997, "The Tsimshian Connection in Weaving the Painted Formline," American Indian Art Magazine, 22(2):44-51. Attributed there as Tsimshian, early nineteenth century. Mountain goat wool, yellow-cedar bark, leather, porcupine quills, yellow, black and green dye.

FROM CARD: "COVERED. NO. 168273,-6 1/2" HIGH. 168274, - 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. 168,281, -8" HIGH. 168,282, - 6". NO.168,276 EXCHANGED WITH THOMAS WILSON. NO. 168,279 EXCHANGED. - MS. J. G. SAYERS 4/10/1897. 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. SENT AS LOAN TO L. J BERGER-AMER.-COLORTYPE CO. 277 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY.-MARCH 27, 1903. 168,272-82. 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."

Body of stuffed cloth, leather face with features drawn in ink, parka of cloth with Chilkat print design and fur trim, leather boots. Acquired by donor in 1942.

Listed on page 46 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 (Tools)".

FROM CARD: "THE CATALOGUE CALLS IT "A CARVED WOODEN IMAGE WITH HAIR". EVIDENTLY A PART OF A CARVED WOODEN RATTLE, THE BACK AND HANDLE MISSING. DESIGN A SEATED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A GROTESQUE HUMAN FACE. HUMAN HAIR IS INSERTED IN TUFTS ON THE TOP AND BACK OF THE HEAD; ALSO AS A MOUSTACHE AND CHIN WHISKERS."