Original label attached to artifact says "Agnes Dan [presumably the maker or original owner?], Jackson, Alaska." Jackson is an alternate name for Howkan, Alaska, which is a Haida town.

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: "18944-5. THESE ARE PART OF A CHILCAT SHAMAN'S SET. ALAN R. SAWYER 2/1982."

Note: This object is identified on catalogue card as being from the "Kutznoo" Tlingit. In the accession record information from the donor "Kutznoo" is spelled "Kootznoo" (a.k.a. Kootznahoo). Accession record calls this "Piece of bone carving, charm carried on breast, Kootznoo tribe of Indians" and also gives latitude and longitude - Lat 57° 30' N, Long 134° - 21'-30 W.

LEDGER SAYS SENT TO MUSEO DE LA PLATA. 1905. Since original object is still in the collections, perhaps it was a cast that was sent instead?From card: "Of marble, held a long time in the Tagwayta family of the Hootz-ah-tai gwan through many generations of chiefs. See Cat. No. 229785 under Anthropological Lab. for 3 casts. Illus. in the Far North catalog, Nat. Gall. of Art, 1973, p. 195. [Identified there as a ceremonial bowl or mortar.] Loan: Dec. 31, 1964 R. H. Lowie Museum, Retd: Feb. 15, 1966. Loan: Natl. Gallery of Art October 20, 1972, Retd: May 29, 1973. Loan: The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 12/3/75; Returned 3-25-76. Loaned to the Art Institute of Chicago 6/22/77; Returned 12/1/77. Lent to Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (Brussels), 8-18-92; Loan Returned, 1-26-93."Collector Emmons in accession record information (which has been added to the catalogue card) attributes this piece as: "held a long time in the Taqwayta (accession record) / Tagwayta (catalogue card) family of the Hootz-ah-tai gwan through many generations of chiefs." It can be assumed that the Taqwayta/Tagwayta family probably refers to the Teikweidi clan. Provenance for this object is probably similar/same to that of E221184, i.e. purchased by Emmons in 1903 from a member of the Teikweidi clan in Killisnoo or Angoon, Alaska (see remarks for E221184).