As of 2010, this object appears to be missing some of its parts/incomplete. It currently consists only of a carved and painted flat wooden bird figure. Back of figure appears to be marked possibly "Sitka" and $2.00. The accession record lists a group of Sitka carvings as part of this accession. This object may be one of those pieces, possibly the one described as "man standing on bird" (though the figure of the man is not currently present). Accession record lists a price of $2.00 for that carving. Based on the Sitka locality, it is possibly Tlingit rather than Haida?

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BULL. 136, USNM, PL. 8-I, P.121."Swan collected two rattles, both Swan original #37. The ledger book indicates the original intention to give each rattle a separate catalogue number: 20786 and 20787. However, when the pieces were numbered during cataloguing, they were instead both given #20786, and were published as a pair under this number in USNM Bulletin 136. As of 2004, they are both still numbered 20786, and the decision has been made to keep them both as that number for now. - F. PickeringListed on page 42 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".

FROM CARD: "THIS SHIRT IS OF DRESSED SKIN. THERE ARE PANELS OF RED MATERIAL OVER THE SHOULDER AND AROUND THE NECK. THESE ARE OUTLINED IN BLACK MATERIAL AND EDGED WITH WHITE BEADS. THERE ARE BEAD DESIGNS ON TOP OF THE RED CLOTH MATERIAL; THERE ARE OTHER PANELS OF THIS RED MATERIAL AT THE CHEST AND V SHAPED PANELS AT THE BOTTOM AND AT THE CENTER OF THE SHIRT, ALL OF WHICH ARE BEADED. THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWER TWO PANELS HAVE DANGLERS ATTACHED AT THE END OF STRINGS OF BEADS. SEE CAT. NO. 357591 FOR PANTS WHICH POSSIBLY BELONG WITH THIS SHIRT. LOANED TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART OCTOBER 20, 1972. RETURNED JUNE 12, 1974. REFER: HENRY COLLINS, ETC. 'THE FAR NORTH', (ILL. EXHIBITION CATALOG), NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, 1973, P. 161, NO. 205, ATTRIBUTED TO THE TLINGIT." MATERIALS IDENTIFIED IN THE FAR NORTH AS: BUCKSKIN, TRADE FELT, POLYCHROME BEADS, BIRD BEEKS AND OTHER HORN MATERIALS, SINEW AND THREAD. Note that the entry on this shirt or tunic in The Far North catalogue on p. 160 says: "This shirt exemplifies many qualities of Athabaskan Indian materials and workmanship, but was almost certainly made for Tlingit use. A similar shirt in the University Museum, Philadelphia (NA 10516), depicts in beadwork embroidery the specific eagle and killer whale emblems of this coastal clan, emphasizing the Tlingit patronage of this essentially Indian style."

FROM CARD: "BLACK WOOD, BROAD ROUND BOTTOM, SHARP CURVED PROJECTING END. THE MARK ON THIS OF JOSEPH HENRY, JUST REFERRED TO THE THEN SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN, TO WHOM IT WAS SENT."The Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists the donor for boat #26615 as Edward Palmer, but it lists no donor for #26616. Someone has listed Palmer as the collector/donor for 26616 on its catalogue card, on the assumption that Palmer might have collected it as well, but that assumption is questionable. Accession number for this object is also unclear. Canoe was entered into the Anthropology catalogue ledger book in 1876 (and presumably possibly accessioned in 1876 or before?) This 1870's date is seemingly confirmed by the reference to it having been sent to Joseph Henry, who was the Secretary (Head) of the Smithsonian from 1846-1878. Speculatively, one possibility may be that this is the wooden canoe donated by Vincent Colyer under Accession No. 2478, in 1872, as Colyer was corresponding with Joseph Henry concerning the donation, so the canoe would presumably have been sent to Henry's attention. Colyer identified his canoe as being from the "Stackeen River" (i.e. the Stikine River), Alaska.