FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD, WITH THREE THWARTS, PAINTED RED INSIDE, AND BLACK AROUND THE CENTER 3/4 OF THE OUTSIDE. HAS THE TYPICAL CONCAVE PROW LINE OF THE BOATS OF THESE INDIANS. THIS IS A SEA-OTTER HUNTING CANOE. INFORMATION FROM: DR. F. DE LAGUNA. 11/1963."

Accession file identifies original #93, Catalogue No. E20880, as a war club made of whales rib from Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu people]. Anthropology Catalogue ledger book lists locality as Admiralty Island, Alaska.

From card: "Cedar bark woven."Original label attached to artifact says "Polly Skulka [presumably the maker or original owner?], Jackson, Alaska." Jackson is an alternate name for Howkan, Alaska, which is a Haida town. Skulka/Skultka is usually a Haida name.

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: "16290-91. #16290 - #16291 - COMMON FORM."

FROM CARD: "SKIN ARMOR:--MADE OF THREE LAYERS OF TANNED HIDE, HARDENED. TWO LAYERS ARE FORMED BY FOLDING AND THE THIRD IS INSERTED BETWEEN THEM. IN GENERAL SHAPE IT IS THAT OF A WAISTCOAT, WITH COLLAR SEWED ON WITH THONGS, BUT NOT FORMED OF PIECES LIKE THE SIMILAR ARMOR. FASTENED IN FRONT WITH 4 LAPPETS AND SAILORS' BUTTONS OF BRASS. ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS A LOOP OF BUCKSKIN, PROBABLY FOR THE DAGGER, HEIGHT, 23 INCHES. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1893; PL. 21, FIG. 2; P. 644. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED FEB 9 1989."

FROM CARD: "FUNGUS GROWTH."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 28 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List also identifies object as "Fungus growth of hemlock, for paint?, which is charred?, rubbed off and used for painting the face for daily use, to save the complexion."

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.