Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder), Ian Reid (Heiltsuk), Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk), Evelyn Windsor (Heiltsuk elder), and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This dance image or puppet looks to be whittled noncommittally. It is unfinished, probably produced for tourists. It is made from alder wood. Puppets are very sacred and have power in them that can make you behave a certain way. This object was viewed alongside E073743-0.

Provenience uncertain. Catalogue lists locality as Unalaska/Ounalaska, i.e. Aleutian Islands, but object is stored with Northwest Coast/Tlingit.

From card: "Red and black design with sweat band of decorated cloth. On exhibit: Hall 11, May 1990." Per Jay Stewart and Peter Macnair 7-20-2005 this is a spruce root hat, "maker unknown. The weaver and the painter of this hat appear to be the originators of a tradition of making spruce root hats for sale that continued into the 20th century. This is one of the earliest spruce root hats that was made for sale."

FROM CARD: "MADE AND CHASED BY THE INDIANS. WITH CLASP - ILLUS. IN USNM 1888 AR, PL. 8, FIG. 28, P. 260. 49201A-1.3CM WIDE, SCROLL DESIGN. 49201B-1.4 CM WIDE, SCROLL DESIGN. INVENTORIED 1979."This object is # 26 on McLean's list of objects in the accession file. He notes that these 2 silver bracelets were "hammered out and engraved by Sitka Indians."

NWC, 4 CEDAR BARK MATS 4 FT X 8 FT, CHECKERED PATTERN.

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK."