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FOUND WITH NOS. 32, 73, 74, 75, & 76.
FROM CARD: "BLOCK AND ROPE. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 13; P. 280."Listed on page 45 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 (Tools)".
McLean list in accession file identifies this object as Chilcat. It appears that Chilcat may be meant as a place name on this list, perhaps not specifically or exclusively as a culture name, similar to the way other objects in the collection are identified as Sitka, Kootzahoo, and Hoonia. Chilcat/Chilkat is a name sometimes used for Klukwan.
From card: "Wood finely carved. $10.00. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 26, fig. 113; p. 286. [Identified in this publication as a war spear.] Triangular bayonet point with scabbbard of wood. Attributed to Haida by Duff, Holm & Reid in Arts of the Raven, The Vancouver Art Gallery June - September, 1967 Item 434. 4/18/67: loaned to Vancouver Art Gall. 12/13/67 Returned by Vancouver. Loan: Crossroads; Loan returned: Jan 21, 1993. Illus.: Crossroads of Continents catalogue, Fig. 312, p. 232." Identified in Crossroads catalogue photo caption as "Spear, Tlingit, carved like a totem pole with interlocked crest and mythical figures, this spear also served as a ceremonial staff."
FROM CARD: "EX. CANTERBURY MUS, JUNE 1900. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT., 1902; FIGS. 138-9; P. 410. NEG. #86-6978 & 86-6979."