From card: "Shaman's."In accession file Russell identifies object as small pouch containing a fish-shaped stone charm said to have been used by a shaman at Yakutat, and identifies the source of this information as Rev. Karl J. Hendricksen, missionary at Yaktutat (see Russell letter of Nov. 17, 1890 in accession file.) Apparently only the stone charm was located during the 1970's inventory.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN NAT. MUS. REPT 1884, PL. VII, FIG. 11, P. 306. ALSO USNM AR 1888; FIG. 189, P. 316; AND REPT, 1902; FIG. 137; P. 409. & PL. 71; P. 548."

FROM CARD: "ANIMAL-FORM BOWL. LOANED RENWICK GA. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."FROM CARD: "FROM: PAGE 47, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY; SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 21.ANIMAL-FORM BOWL WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF LENGTH: 13 1/2 (TLINGIT), SITKA, ALASKA. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. CATALOGED SEPTEMBER 28, 1875."

FROM CARD: "23470-76. #23472 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 142; P.453. #23472: ILLUS. FIG. 99, P. 72 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PRESS, 1989." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BASKET STRAP.--A WOVEN BAND OF RED, WHITE, AND BLACK YARN WITH A PLAITED ROPE ATTACHED TO EACH END. USED TO FACILITATE THE CARRYING OF HEAVILY LADEN BASKETS. THE ROPES ARE FASTENED TO THE BASKET, WHICH IS HELD UPON THE BACK BY THE WOVEN BAND, WHICH EXTENDS OVER THE FOREHEAD OF THE CARRIER. WIDTH, 2 1/4 INCHES. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 23,472. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."E23472, ET14189, and E23470 are visible in a display case at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, as part of the Smithsonian Institution and United States National Museum exhibits in the United States Government Building, featuring "American Aboriginal Handicraft Types of Weaving" presented by Department of Anthropology. USNM Neg. No. 13764. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 62A, Folder 12, Image No. SIA_000095_B62A_F12_003. https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_401053 .

76298 (Division of Engineering #); WOODEN PADDLE, YAKUTAT INDIANS, ALASKA, 1892--U.S.F.C.--AB ALEXANDER CHECK 307211-260.

Shgen George, weaver, Florence Sheakley, elder, and Shirley Kendall, elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This blanket features a diving whale design, and once had fur, such as mink or sea otter, along the top. The eyebrows look like Tsimshian design eyebrows because they are thin and pointed at the top.Lines of dark thread at the bottom right and left corners of the blanket along the edge's braiding represents the weaver's signature. Information recieved by Chilkoot Indian Association visit 8/29/2024.

FROM CARD [for 1155 through 1159]: "WITH TWO MINIATURE BOTTLES..."