May be Sitka Tlingit?: it is identified as collected in Sitka; and also see accession history re the basket part of this accession being from the "Sitka-Kwahn."

FROM CARD: "TWINED BASKET MAT. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL.36, FIG. 183; P. 314. ONE SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023." FROM CARD: "...LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

From card: "Upper Village. Stepped handle; elaborate burnt design on blade."

From card: "Carved shank of halibut hook. Represents human figure in low relief."

Cylindrical. False embroidery. "Tlingit" is written on the bottom.

This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.From card: "Cut from the solid, stylistically carved, and provided on reverse with one-quarter deep cut vertical grooves at one inch intervals, permitting bending to almost complete oval. Reverse also excavated for nose conformity and slotted at eye level for vision. Perforated for breathing just below nose excavation and for mouth support (basketry pad in mouth. Carved fluting at top.) See: "Primitive American Armor", by Walter Hough, Report, U.S.N.M., 1893, pp. 625-651. Illus: The Spirit Sings catalogue, Glenbow-Alberta Inst., 1987, #N105, p. 156. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 13 top right, pg. 281. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. XIV, fig. 50, p. 270. Loan Glenbow Nov 13, 1987, loan returned Nov 25 1988. Black and white negative numbers: 43230C (front); 43230D (top), 43230E (right side)."Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=610 , retrieved 1-5-2012: Armor collar This wooden collar fit beneath a warrior's helmet to cover and protect his face and neck. Notches at the top allowed him to see out, and a small round hole in the center was provided for breathing. Inside the collar is a spruce root loop that he gripped in his teeth. To make this collar a craftsman first shaped a piece of hard spruce burl into a plank, then scored it with parallel grooves and bent it in a circle. Crest designs are carved on the front.

WOLF SHAPED FELT APPLIQUE PIN IN RED AND BLACK. WHITE BUTTON EYE.

FROM CARD: "REPRESENTING OTTER." Accession record identifies as Haida.