TIGHTLY WOVEN, SINGLE-PAIR WRAPPED TWINE CONICAL HAT, PROBABLY MADE OF SPRUCE ROOT. THE LOWER HALF OF THE HAT HAS A WOVEN DESIGN BY WEFT ON ONE AND TWO WARPS. THERE ARE PAINTED DECORATIONS IN GEOMETRIC AND ABSTRACT DESIGNS IN BLACK AND RED. THERE IS A CAP WOVEN ON THE INTERIOR OF THE HAT FOR A CLOSER FIT. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.FROM CARD: "PER PEALE CATALOG: 2721 = ORIG. 342 = WATER-TIGHT BASKET, OREGON COAST."For small illustration see Hat 111, p. 221 in Glinsmann, Dawn. 2006. Northern Northwest Coast spruce root hats. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. Glinsmann identifies as of Haida manufacture. Hat is also illustrated Fig. 166, p. 149 and described p. 149-150 in Glinsmann: "... it has upward jogs, 3-strand Z-twining on the top and crown, and a mamatsiki brim pattern separated from the crown by 4-string S-twine on the brim turn. The ending is a stitched chevron, the most ubiquitous on the coast by the end of the nineteenth century. This, however, is that technique's debut, for until 1841 it was only seen either incorporating warps ... or running in a right-to-left direction. This technique - without using the warps and in a left-to-right direction - becomes the "classic" Haida ending. The formline painting has fully developed primary and tertiary lines that bespeak mid-nineteenth century Haida design. Also significant is the distribution of the design, which is not limited to the crown, but extends over the brim as well."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.

PAIR OF SHELL EARRINGS (ABALONE?) ON SKIN THONG.

SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.Listed on page 43 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".Hat has a wooden tag inside marked "OCF".

Old label nailed to artifact says: "Boy's Bird-Spear. Made by an Indian boy of 9 years." Makah is written on object.

Though catalogued as Tlingit, Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, says this basket is not of Tlingit manufacture. 3-2003.

FROM CARD: "...WHALE EFFIGY SET WITH ABALONE.=NISHGA (NISGA'A). WHALE EFFIGY: LOANED: 4/18/1967 VANCOUVER ART GALLERY. RETURNED: 12/12/1967. LOANED: NATL. INSTIT. OF HEALTH 5/1/71. RETURNED: 11/9/71. LOANED: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 9/10/1971. RETURNED: 2/9/72. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990. LOAN: CROSSROADS. SEP 22 1988. ILLUS. CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 374, P.273. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." "Amulet depicting a sea creature, probably a whale" according to Crossroads of Continents, illus. Pl. 231, p. 269. "Killer whale amulet made from walrus ivory."Described p. 302 in Barbeau, Charles Marius. 1953. Haida myths illustrated in argillite carvings. [Ottawa]: Dept. of Resources and Development, National Parks Branch, National Museum of Canada. Identified as bone carving with abalone shell inlays, representing the Killer-Whale with Gunarhnesemgyet on his head.This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact, listed as number E9813A, http://www.alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=507 retrieved 4-24-2012: Amulet, Tsimshian. The amulet portrays the story of Gunarhnesemgyet, whose wife is abducted by a white killer whale. As the whale speeds away from the village she shouts, "My people, come for me!" Gunarhnesemgyet follows in his canoe and eventually rescues her from the whale with the help of cormorants and the whale's servant, Gitsaedzan.

From card: "Sapling - 3 years growth. Made by an indian boy. Knot was tied in a fir sprout by Charley [sic], youngest son of Duke of York, Chief of the Clallam Indians at Port Townsend. Knot was tied three years ago. This shows growth during that period. May 31, 1882. Jas. G. Swan.""Duke of York" is a name that was applied to Chetzemoka/Cheetsamahoin/Cheech-Ma-Ham (1808 - 1888), a Klallam chief. His younger son was called Charlie Swan York.