From card: "The dish is extremely shallow; the bowl being carved in conventionalized representation of some animal."

Though catalogued as #1 in the collection, this object is actually #5 on the detailed list filed in the accession record.

From card: "Made of cedar bark and nettle fibre." From old 19th or early 20th century exhibit label in card file: "Blanket - Made of cedar bark and nettle fiber, closely woven, and ornamented with a border of soft otter fur. Worn about the shoulders as a cloak. Kyoquaht Indians (Wakashan stock), 1888. Collected by Jas. G. Swan." Formerly on exhibit in NHB exhibit Hall 9, case 29, where exhibit label described it as: "cold weather cloak of twined cedar bark and nettle fiber."Twined cedar bark and nettle fiber (according to exhibit label). Wool twisted with cedar woven into all borders. Arc-shape to neck area, and bottom rounded. Very soft otter fur tied to neck area.Listed on page 33 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Western Eskimo".

From card: "10/24/61 Technical description by Miss Grace Rogers, Curator, Div. of Textiles: Construction: gauze or twined weave. Warps were held to top cross bar of loom by a 2 ply, 6 strands to each ply, all cotton yarn. Warps themselves of 2-ply yarn made up of 6 strands of cotton yarn in one ply and 2 strands of animal hair in the second ply (possibly goat). Approximately one warp per inch but closer at the selvages. Weft: narrow twisted strips of bird skins (possibly duck) with down filling the intervening spaces. Approximately 7 strips to 2" at the wide end, and 9 strips to 2" at the narrow end. Basic color is an irregular light tan, with spots of darker, and one long border is white and there is another white stripe near the other border. Lent to the Burke Museum 2/23/89. Loan returned Oct 10, 1989." Illus. (in color, as #1296A) Pl. 4, p. 47 in "A Time of Gathering: native heritage in Washington State", ed. Robin K. Wright, University of Washington Press, 1991.

From card: "Introduced into Quileute territory very recently. [this note written circa 1917]. Outside vertical strips, inside horizontal sewing of cross twine. Loop edge."