Listed on page 50 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)".

FROM CARD: "[previously]ON EXHIBIT, ARCHAEOLOGY HALL."

FROM CARD: "SEATED FIGURE OF A MAN, WITH ONE HAND RAISED AND THE OTHER HUNG DOWN. BACK CARVED TO REPRESENT THE SPINAL COLUMN. ATTACHED TO THE HEAD IS FULL TUFT OF HAIR. PAINTED BURNT RED AND SOME BLACK. AS USUAL MADE IN TWO PARTS LENGTHWISE SO THE HOLLOW CAN HAVE BEANS OR OTHERWISE TO SERVE AS A RATTLE. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 58, FIG. 303; P. 330. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 370, P.271. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Crossroads of Continents catalogue caption identifies: "Shaman's rattle, Tlingit. This rattle may represent the shaman himself or one of his spirits. His collarbones and vertebrae are sculpted in relief. The grinning face and animated posture of his detailed hands give vitality to the figure. Human hair forms his moustache, beard, and hair, which is long and disheveled in the manner of Tlingit shamans. Asymmetrical paint designs on the face are also typical of shamans."

7-21-2005 Jay Stewart and Peter Macnair note about this panel pipe or ship pipe that "This is the most significant panel pipe of its type; there are about three dozen wooden panel pipes in public collections worldwide. This example shows gear relating to the rendering of whale oil, indicating that the Haida maker was aboard a whaling ship." Has original Peale # label.Provenience note, in 1841 Oregon Territory encompassed the land from Russian Alaska to Spanish California and from the Pacific to the Continental Divide. The U.S. Exploring Expedition did not go to Canada, but did reach Oregon Territory in 1841, and carried out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades, as well as doing some surveying inland.They had dealings with Hudson's Bay Company staff during that time, and it is probable that the HBC is the source of a number of the Northwest Coast artifacts collected by the expedition.Object on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2018.

FROM CARD: "30209-11. LOCALITY: ALASKA (NOT ALL)*. REMARKS: ILLUS. IN BAE 3RD AR: #30210 ON PL. XIV, FIGS. 22, P. 173. NO. 30210 EXHIBIT HALL 9, 1987. IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT LABEL AS SUPERNATURAL MAN MASK, WESTCOAST (NOOTKA)."See Brown, Steven C., 2000, "Turning the Tables: The Influence of Nineteenth-Century Southern Design Styles on the Northern Northwest Coast," American Indian Art Magazine, 25(3): 48-55. In the discussion in the article on Field Museum of Natural History housefront model and totem pole model Cat. No. 264015, in footnote # 2 on p. 55, Brown speculates on the artist who made it. He notes: "The identity of the artist who created this housefront is not yet certain. Contemporary Nuu-chah-nulth artists have proposed three possibilities: Dr. Atleo or Sitakanim (both Tla'oquiaht [Clayoquot]) and Chel'tus (Ditidaht) (Black 1999:110). The writer's opinion leans toward Chel'tus, because masks more certainly attributed to Dr. Atleo or Sitakanim differ significantly in style from the former artist's apparent body of work." Brown goes on to list other artifacts he attributes to the same artist who created the Field Museum housefront model, including serpent mask # E54153 and humanoid face mask # E30210 as part of his work.