FROM CARD: "9244-54. NOS. 9244, 9250 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIGS. 34, 32; P. 394. [Both identified as canoe dishes in the publication.] 9244, 9248, 9252, 9253, 9254: THESE 5 SPECIMENS WERE LENT TO RENWICK "BOXES AND BOWLS" EXHIBITION ON 11-7-73. RETURNED 8-24-76. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. (SEE FRONT OF CARD). LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."Canoe-form bowl or dish.

FROM CARD: "MADE OF MOUNTAIN GOAT'S WOOL OVERLAID ON WARP OF TWISTED SPRUCE ROOT. VERY MUCH MOTH EATEN."

FROM OLD LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GAMBLING STICKS.--MADE OF WOOD; TWENTY NINE IN NUMBER, WITH BUCKSKIN BAG. MOST OF THE STICKS HAVE A DISTINCTIVE MARK. LENGTH, 5 INCHES; WIDTH, 3/8 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 9,939. COLLECTED BY CAPT. HENRIQUES. EXPLANATION OF GAME.--EACH PLAYER, IN TURN, SELECTS A NUMBER OF STICKS FROM HIS BAG AND PLACES THEM UNDER A HEAP OR HEAPS OF BARK TOW. HIS OPPONENT THEN GUESSES WHETHER THIS NUMBER IS EVEN OR ODD, OR IN WHICH OF TWO PILES A CERTAIN STICK IS HIDDEN. ACCORDING AS HIS GUESS IS A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE, HE GAINS OR LOSES ONE OR MORE STICKS. THIS IS KEPT UP UNTIL ONE OF THE PLAYERS LOSSES HIS ENTIRE SET AND THUS FORFEITS THE ARTICLE BET UPON THE GAME. THE TLINGITS ARE INVETERATE GAMBLERS."Virginia Oliver made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This gambling set features an abalone inlay on the ends of some of the gambling sticks.

CARVED OF COWHORN (ACCORDING TO R. LINTON, 1953). RELIEF CARVING ON HANDLE: 3INSETS OF ABALONE SHELL, 4TH SETTING EMPTY. CARVED HUMAN FACE. HOLE IN TIP OF BOWL.

From card: "Two concave sheets of copper, circular soldered at their edges, having projecting handle carved on both surfaces. An early historical reference to 'copper' rattles is recorded in 'Voyages of the Columbia', F. W. Howay, 1787-93, (Boit's log) pg. 386. The area is Clayquot Sound, W. Vancouver Id., B. Col."See also accession file for Accession 41221, which contains information about objects from several Emmons accessions. It appears to contain information about copper rattle # E221180. It may be the rattle referred to on a list in that file as "Copper rattle, [presumably purchased in] Victoria, British Columbia (bird carved.)"Ruth Demmert, Alan Zuboff, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The use of copper in an object like this is unusual for Tlingits. This object has the same design on both sides, and may be a bear, but the presence of wings suggests a bird, particularly an owl. A bird or owl design would suggest Yakutat origins.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 26, FIG. 110; P. 286."

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.