FROM CARD: "DESIGNS OF AN OLD "GARS" POST IN CHIEF'S HOUSE. POSSIBLY KLUCKWAN. "FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ITEMS DEPICTED IN PHOTOGRAPHS 860 & 860A, SEE: EMMONS, GEORGE T. THE WHALE HOUSE OF THE CHILKAT. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY VOL XIX, PART I (1916) THESE CARVINGS MAY BE SOME MADE FOR THE NEW WHALE HOUSE AT KLUCKWAN WHICH WAS STARTED BETWEEN 1899-1901, BUT NEVER FINISHED, OR THEY MAY BE CARVINGS MADE FOR SOME OTHER UNKNOWN USE. WCS [William C. Sturtevant]."Note: the Accession papers for Accession # 27833 for the year 1894 list the following objects: "TWO RECENT CARVINGS (TOTEMS) YELLOW CEDAR FROM ALASKA EX. WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. MODERN WORK OF TLINKIT INDIAN PRESENTED BY DEPT. OF INTERIOR WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, F. W. CLARKE REP., COLLECTED BY LIEUT. G. T. EMMONS." Accession file 27833 does not record the catalogue number or numbers for these artifacts, nor have they been identified in the collections to date. It therefore can be speculated that the two house posts Catalogue No. 169102 may possibly be the objects referenced?

FROM CARD: "45999A,B. 999B: BENT BOWL; WOOD; PAINTED BLACK AND RED; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED AND PEGGED. 45999A,B. LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76. 45999B. FROM: PAGE 68, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG, RENWICK GALLERY; SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 58. BENT BOWL WOOD; PAINTED BLACK AND RED; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA; KERFED AND PEGGED. LENGTH: 9 1/2 TLINGIT, SITKA, ALASKA, COLLECTED BY J. J. MCLEAN CATALOGUED DECEMBER 27, 1881. 45,999-B."

FROM CARD: "IMAGE OF SACRED BIRD. BEARS TAG: "DANCING HEADDRESS. BIRD OVER SEA MONSTER." A SECOND TAG: "SITKA, ALASKA. KOLOSH INDIANS, ALASKA. THE SACRED BIRD WHICH BROUGHT OVER THEIR ANCESTORS FROM ASIA. THIS IS A HEAD DRESS USED ONLY AT THEIR SACRED DANCES. V. COLYER." IS ACTUALLY A BIRD-HEAD, WHOSE BREAST IS FORMED INTO THE FACE OF A SEA-CREATURE WITH A ROW OF TINY SHELLS FOR TEETH. OF WOOD, BUT BACK, WINGS, AND TAIL OF BIRD ARE OF LEATHER WITH PAINTED DESIGNS. LOAN: ROBERT H. LOWIE MUSEUM DEC. 31, 1964. LOAN RETURNED. FEB 15 1966."Ruth Demmert and Florence Sheakley, elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object is made of thick moosehide and features a design of an eagle over a shark.

FROM CARD: 8944 A,B,C,D. NAME: *CHOP STICKS [sic], EATING STICKS. *BERRY SPOONS. REMARKS: CARVED WHALEBONE. 1 AND 2 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 41, FIG. 224; P. 318. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N106, P.156. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25, 1988."Entry on E8944A - D in Army Medical Museum ledger book for Section 6, Miscellaneous Section, under A.M.M. number 378: Received October 29, 1869, from Bvt. Col. A.H. Hoff, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A. - "Two pairs of "chop-sticks" [sic] - implements use by the Indians about Sitka in taking their food."Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Originally the design on this spoon was used as a filler design, but today people attribute it to Deisheetan clan, who have a bear design. The presence of a finger design suggests this object comes from Kaagwaantaan clan. This is part of a set that includes E8944A-0, E8944B-0, E8944C-0, E8944D-0

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: "PEOPLE *CHILKAT-SITKA ? REMARKS *9/30/66: THIS SPECIMEN DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LISTED ON THE ORIGINAL MCLEAN INVENTORY (NOV. 9, 1881) THAT PROVIDES SPECIFIC PROVENIENCE FOR EACH ITEM. GEP."

From card: "(A & D) Illus. Bu. Ethno. Ann. Report #26, p. 420, fig. 106. Note: Apparently prior to Dec. 1969 these specimens had not been numbered. The former dimensions and quantity (1) were also in error as shown in the old catalog book. Previous attributions to James Swan now seem to have little basis. -GP (George Phebus). Bear crest designs. See: The Far North, Nat'l. Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973, Pl. 235, pg. 188-189 (where all 4 are illustrated). Loaned to the National Gallery of Art October 20, (19)72. Returned 5-29-(19)73. A & C Loaned to Renwick 7/28/(19)82. Returned 1983. (Excerpt from exhibit catalogue for Renwick exhibit, called Celebration, A World of Art and Ritual, is taped to back of card. Objects are described as:) House screens, ca. 1850-1900, Tlingit Indians; Wrangell, Alaska, wood, fiber lashing, red and black paint, non-Indian frames." ... cont., see card.According to Eric Hollinger, Repatriation Office, Feb. 2007, E233498 was originally a pair of house screens measuring 7ft by 14 ft each. Both screens were sawed in half after they arrived at the museum and framed. Red borders were painted on each of the four sections and the same red paint was then applied to touch-up the red paint of the figures (based on Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute XRF analysis). Screen E233498A originally articulated with E233498D but they were separated when they were sawed in two within the museum. E233498A was on the left and E233498D was on the right. E233498B was originally articulated with E233498C before it also was sawed in two pieces within the museum. E233498B was on the right side and E233498C was on the left side. The screens were purchased by John R. Swanton from Mrs. Robert Shadesty in Wrangell, Alaska in 1904. See the Repatriation Office Tlingit case report (Hollinger et al. 2005).Florence Sheakley, Shirley Kendall, and Alan Zuboff, all three elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Screens like these were used in houses to separate compartments, with screens in the back and the front of the house. Florence gives the Tlingit word for these screens (rv_Tlingit_20170320_004; 9:59). Alan pointed out that since there was no smoke line or sun bleaching, they were likely used indoors. Shirley commented that screens like this were no longer being made when she was growin up.

From card: "Copper, smooth on one side reinforced with heavy metal. Handle of wood, pommel consists of wooden figurine head carving with inset of abalone representing eyes and teeth."

From card: "$1.50." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Leather, 2 inches broad, to which are attached four long wooden ornaments, the lower parts by which they are secured being carved in shape of a man's face, painted blue, and the upper parts being plain, painted black, and grooved on inner surface (red). The tops are ornamented with tufts of white sean's down, and held together in vertical position by a band or cord. Worn by Shaman of Sitka-Kwan Indians in ceremonial dances. Circumference, 20 ins. Height, 18 ins. Alaska, 1882. Collected by John J. McLean."