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: "COVERED. NO. 168273,- 6 1/2" HIGH. 168,274,-4 3/4" HIGH LX. AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR, 2-21-03. 168275-6 AND 168278, -3" HIGH. 168277 AND 168279,-3 1/2" HIGH. 168280, 5 1/2" HIGH. 168281,-6" HIGH. 168282,-6" HIGH. NO. 168276 EXCHANGED WITH THOMAS WILSON. NO. 168279 EXCHANGED.-MRS. J. G. SAYERS 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4/10/1897. SENT AS LOAN TO L. J. BERGER-AMER. COLORTYPE CO. 277 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY.-MARCH 27, 1903. NO. 168278: SENT AS GIFT TO MERCER UNIVERSITY MACON, GEORGIA. C/O DR. S. Y. JAMESON, PREST. AUG 6, 1906. #168282 - ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; P1. 73; P. 548. #168277-ON EXHIBIT: HALL 11, MAY 1990."

Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists 1 brush with this number as having been exchanged with the Trocadero Museum July 1885. Listed on page 46 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".In 2023, Paz Nunez-Regueiro, Head of the Americas collection at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac indicated they had a paint brush listed as old Smithsonian # 49207, Branly catalog number 71.1885.78.70, though this object is currently missing.

Basket has label glued on bottom that says "Joseph Yeltatsi [presumably maker or original owner?], Jackson [i.e. Howkan], Alaska." Identified as Haida style of manufacture by Deborah Ann Head, 6-3-2009. She also notes that Yeltatsi is a Haida last name, and Howkan is a Haida area.

This object has the remains of a glued on label on the back. It appears to have been a label from the Sheldon Jackson Insitute? See E260339 for an example of an object with an extant label of this type, the text of which says: "Sheldon Jackson Institute, An Industrial Training School for Indian Boys and Girls, Sitka, Alaska."

FROM CARD: "ONE PAW IS BROWN AND MEASURES 9" LONG. THE OTHER IS GREY AND 11" LONG. BOTH ARE LABELLED U. AMERICANUS [American black bear = Ursus americanus]."

FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM CEDAR WOOD, BIRD AT END OF HANDLE."