FROM CARD: "THE CATALOGUE CALLS IT "A CARVED WOODEN IMAGE WITH HAIR". EVIDENTLY A PART OF A CARVED WOODEN RATTLE, THE BACK AND HANDLE MISSING. DESIGN A SEATED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A GROTESQUE HUMAN FACE. HUMAN HAIR IS INSERTED IN TUFTS ON THE TOP AND BACK OF THE HEAD; ALSO AS A MOUSTACHE AND CHIN WHISKERS."

Listed on page 44 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

FROM CARD: "QUAI-U-BADDY.-CIRCULAR BAND OF CEDAR-BARK FIBER, 1 1/2 INCHES BROAD, PENDANT BEHIND BEING LARGE BUNCHES AND ON SIDES LONG NARROW BUNCHES OF SAME. ON EACH SIDE ARE TWO ERECT TUFTS OF SAME IN WHICH ARE WRAPPED BUNCHES OF FEATHERS. WORN IN TSIARK, OR MEDICINE DANCE."

Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists locality as Baranoff Island, Alaska.

From card: "Bone, broken carved head, very ancient."E104638 - E104641 appear to be the same objects catalogued previously as E73822, part of Accession No. 15196, and described on catalogue card for that number as "Ancient Bone and Wood Instrument, 4; Upper Yukon River, Alaska; Used for trapping mink & martin; Av. [length] 10 1/2 in." E73822 does not have a culture identified on card, ledger book, or in accession record.

From card: "12/13/66 1 harpoon point and sheath located. GP."Described p. 103 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Lance-head. New. Indian name, "Kathlat-te-uk." Head, steel; socket, wood, served with bark strips. Covered with a coating of spruce gum. Length, 7 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan. Used with a long pole (72674), and when thrust into a whale the lance becomes detached, and is recovered when the whale is cut up. A lance-head that has been successfully used acquires additional value, and for some of them the Indians ask a fabulous price."