OLD JAMES G. SWAN TAG WITH ARTIFACT STATES: "NO. 33 HAIDA WOMANS HEADDRESS, SKIDEGATE, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. B.C. $3.00; JAMES G. SWAN PORT TOWNSEND W.T. SEPT. 23 1882." NEG. #34720 IS A PHOTO THAT INCLUDES ONE OF THE COMBS THAT ARE PART OF THIS HEADDRESS. - F. PICKERING 6-29-1999

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."Incised relief decoration inside and out, including compass-drawn motifs.It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by George Gibbs during his time on the Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1860?For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.

From card: "Made from the inner bark (bast) of the cedar tree."

FROM CARD: 8944 A,B,C,D. NAME: *CHOP STICKS [sic], EATING STICKS. *BERRY SPOONS. REMARKS: CARVED WHALEBONE. 1 AND 2 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 41, FIG. 224; P. 318. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N106, P.156. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25, 1988." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "8,944A. SPOON.-MADE OF WHALEBONE; LONG AND FLAT, AND SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE A SPATULA. ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. LENGTH, 14 7/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 2 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 8,944. COLLECTED BY DR. A. H. HOFF, U.S.A."Entry on E8944A - D in Army Medical Museum ledger book for Section 6, Miscellaneous Section, under A.M.M. number 378: Received October 29, 1869, from Bvt. Col. A.H. Hoff, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A. - "Two pairs of "chop-sticks" [sic] - implements use by the Indians about Sitka in taking their food."Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Originally the design on this spoon was used as a filler design, but today people attribute it to Deisheetan clan, who have a bear design. The presence of a finger design suggests this object comes from Kaagwaantaan clan. This is part of a set that includes E8944A-0, E8944B-0, E8944C-0, E8944D-0

HAS CATALOG CARD.