FROM CARD: "COMMENTS BY SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF NORTHWEST COAST ART, JAN. 13, 1970: 'MY GUESS WOULD STILL BE PORT SIMPSON, WITH THE IDENTITY OF THE ARTIST MAYBE HAIDA.' - WILSON DUFF, UNIV. OF B.C.. SEE: FORREST, ROBERT D.; FALL 1982, 'REDISCOVERING A MASTERPIECE', HERITAGE WEST; 6:15-20. SEE NEG. #84-13566, RECENT NEG. MADE OF OLD PHOTOGRAPH, WHICH SHOWS EXHIBITS AT S.I. BUILDING (CASTLE), INCLUDING THIS HOUSE FRONT. SEE FIG. 5, P. 230 OF GEORGE F. MACDONALD, 'COSMIC EQUATIONS IN NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART,' IN THE WORLD IS AS SHARP AS A KNIFE; BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, VICTORIA; 1981. OBJECT IS DESCRIBED THERE AS TSIMSHIAN HOUSEFRONT DEPICTING NAQUANAKS, THE TSIMSHIAN 'CHIEF OF THE SEAS' FLANKED BY TWO WHALES, IN A CLASSIC POSE OF 'CHIEF OF THE ANIMALS.' ILLUS.: HANDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 6, PG. 273." "LOANED TO ARCO CENTER FOR VISUAL ART 10-18-1983, RETURNED 1-11-1984."SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR INFORMATION ON CHILKAT BLANKET, #VII-A-132 IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION, WHICH MAY RELATE TO THIS HOUSEFRONT.Neg. #MNH2241 is black and white composite view of entire house front. Neg. #83-11069 is a color slide view of almost the entire house front (tail fins of whales are cut off). Neg. #83-11067 is a color slide view of the entire left side and center with door (opening). Neg. #83-11068 is a color slide view similar to 83-11069, except about half of each whale is cut off. Color digital neg. #s NHB2016-00217 to NHB2016-00238 = photos of front of panels; Color digital neg. #s NHB2016-00239 to NHB2016-00260 = photos of back of panels. Color digital neg. # NHB2016-00415 is composite image of front of house front. Color digital neg. # NHB2016-00418 is composite image of back of house front. Color digital neg. # NHB2016-00413 is a composite image of front of left side of house front. Color digital neg. # NHB2016-00416 is composite image of back of left side of house front. Color digital neg. # NHB2016-00414 is composite image of front of right side of house front. Color digital neg. # NHB2016-00417 is composite image of back of right side of house front. This object is illustrated in Figures 5.1 - 5.4, pp. 168-169, and Plate 10, p. 235, of Malin, Edward; 1999; Northwest coast Indian painting house fronts and interior screens; Portland, Ore: Timber Press. Object is described and discussed on pp. 42-43 of same publication. Note that this object appears to be described in the accession papers for accession 4730 and for accession 5260.Illus. Fig. 9, p. 57 in Brown, Steven C., 2005, "A Tale of Two Carvers: The Rain Wall Screen of the Whale House, Klukwan, Alaska," American Indian Art Magazine, 30(4): 48-59. Identified on p. 57: "... the house [front] painting is said to represent the story of Nagunak, an emblem of the Tsimshian Gisbutwaada clan (McLennan and Duffek 2000:119)." Full citation for McLennan and Duffek 2000: McLennan, Bill, and Karen Duffek. 2000. The transforming image: painted arts of Northwest Coast First Nations. Vancouver/Toronto: UBC Press.P. 69 of Smithsonian Annual Report for 1875 lists some of the artifacts that James Swan has collected for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Among them is noted "... materials for a complete dwelling, 100 feet long by 20 wide ...", which may be a reference to this house front?A photo of the house front outside the building at 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia is in the Free Library of Philadelphia collections and is available online: Centennial Photographic Co.. Indian curiosities from Puget Sound [sic]. Stereoviews. Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphia, PA. https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/1949. (accessed Feb 25, 2018).House front on display at National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024.

FROM CARD: "75 CTS.."Linda Wynne, Virginia Oliver, and Alan Zuboff made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The community members have heard of a moon totem, but question whether this object is actually Tlingit.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. BAE AR 26, 1904-05, FIG. 105, P. 419. HOLLOWED OUT OF A SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD CA. 2 INCHES THICKNESS, WITH A GROOVE CUT JUST INSIDE THE LIP AREA FOR THE INSERTION OF SEPARATELY CARVED ROWS OF WOODEN TEETH, ONLY PART OF THOSE ON THE LOWER JAW LEFT (AS OF 1954). LIP AREA PAINTED BLUE. ALL BUT THE LIPS COVERED WITH SKIN WITH HAIR ON, ATTACHED AROUND THE LIPS WITH WOODEN PEGS. DOUBLE FLAPS OF SKIN SEWN ON TO FORM EARS. 'OWNED BY 'JIM COONIE', A KACHADI.'"

This game is described on p. 243 of "Games of the North American Indians" by Stewart Culin, BAE 24th Annual Report. Culin identifies it there as stick game.Anthropology catalogue ledger book and accession record identify the locality as Chilkhat, Alaska.

FROM CARD: "LEAFY SCROLL DESIGN. NO CLASP. ILLUS.: FIG. 10.5, P. 177 IN NORTHERN ATHAPASKAN ART BY KATE DUNCAN, UNIV. OF WASHINGTON PRESS, 1989. INVENTORIED 1979." FROM OLD EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BRACELETS (2)---SILVER BANDS, 15/16 INCH BROAD, BENT IN CIRCLETS; OPEN-SPRING CLASPS; EXTERIOR ENGRAVED WITH SCROLL-WORK. SITKA INDIANS. GREATEST DIAMS., 2 1/4 TO 2 3/8 INS. LEAST DIAMS., 2 TO 2 1/8 INS. ALASA, 1875. 19,534 AND 19,535. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

CARVED OF BONE WITH BIRD CARVED ON END.

FROM CARD: "CYLINDRICAL. SAYERS. ILLUS. FIG.115, P.109 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PEN. PRESS, 1989. 1. EX. LEIDEN MUS. MAY /99. EX. GLEN IS. MUS., 11/95. EXCHANGE FOR MODEL COSTUMES KIOTO GIRLS' HIGHER NORMAL SCHOOL KIOTO, JAPAN APRIL 12, 1905. EXCHANGE FOR AWARD-MISS MARY H. CORBETT U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 20, 1906. EXCHANGE: MRS. J. G. SAYERS 110 MARYLAND AVENUE 4/10/1897. WASHINGTON, D.C."

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."