FROM CARD: "WOVEN. LOAN: THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 4/30/1965."List in accession file includes "1. Chilcaht [i.e. Chilkat] cartridge case", which seems to refer to this object.Shgen George, weaver, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object has a design of a bird with wings. This is meant to be worn around the waist, and the top has been sewn shut.

From card: "9/28/66 Examination of accession records indicate that this specimen was associated with a 'shaman' grave examined by McLean near Sitka." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with the card: "Hand drum of the Tlinkit Indians ... Shell, a hoop of wood; head, of skin, soaked, stretched across the hoop, nailed to the back, having on the inside the figure of a bear in red and black. Thongs cross the hoop on the inside. Diameter, 24 3/4 inches. Collected, 1884, by John J. McLean."

LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY SENT TO REV. J.C.C. NEWTON. 1895.This may be the object identified on list in the accession file as "Toy carved wooden clam."

FROM CARD: "(DUPLICATE CARD. COPIED FROM CATALOG BOOK) INVENTORIED 1980."

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."Originally catalogued as a breast ornament, but Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa has identified it as more probably a spindle whorl. See the pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by her which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.

From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 16, fig. 58, p. 270. See accession records for additional data. 'Only used in dances during ceremonies. Obtained from Capt. Skedance [a.k.a. Skedans], chief of Klue [a.k.a.Tanu].'"

FROM CARD: "COVERED. NOS. 168,267-8: ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; P1. 65; P. 548. NO. 168,267, 8 1/2" HIGH. 168,268, 6 3/4" HIGH. 168,269,7" HIGH. EXCHANGE FOR ACCESSION NO. 45,092. JAN. 12, 1906. 168268: NEG. #86-6985 & 86-6986."