FROM CARD: "NO. 2790 ILLUS. IN SMITHSONIAN REPT, 1893; PL. 50; FIG. 7; P. 679. 8/17/66: INVENTORIED."These objects are Peale # 132. Peale numbers 132 - 134 are described as "Bows and arrows used by the natives of the northwest coast of America, near Fort Simpson, presented by the officers of the Hon. Hudson Bay Comp [Hudson's Bay Company]."Bow and 7 arrows.

FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "FRONT-PIECE FOR HEAD-DRESS.---A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF WOOD ON WHICH IS CARVED THE HEADS OF A BEAR AND A BIRD IN BOLD RELIEF. PAINTED BLUE, OUTLINES OF RED AND BLACK. LENGTH, 5 1/4 INCHES; WIDTH, 3 3/4 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 20,755. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. NEG. NO. 8379."There are two wooden frontlets for headdresses with this catalogue number. The first frontlet, per Stephen Loring, has a carved design of an eagle over a bear, and is painted blue/green, red and black. Neg. # 99-20244 is a photo of this piece. The second frontlet, with a more elongated shape, is mostly painted red and has a carved design of a fox-like animal. Neg. # 99-20243 is a photo of this piece.

Identified as of probable Makah manufacture by Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, 3-2003

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: "CARVED WOOD STAINED BLACK. DESIGN: A BIRD HAVING FIVE TUFTS OF HUMAN HAIR FASTENED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH WING. THE BODY IS ALSO PREFORATED WITH SMALL HOLES. ILL. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, P1. 8-C, P.121."

Shirley Kendall and Florence Sheakley, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object is possibly from Klukwan, and is made entirely of fur. The wide hip area means to us that it was made for a female. The edge of the garment was particularly cut in a certain way so as not to cut the hairs of the fur, so no edging was necessary on the garment.