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FROM CARD: "STEVENSON N.Y. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; FIG. 2, P. 535; ALSO IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14, FIG. 2; P. 10. GIFT TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY-JUNE 14, 1897." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "FIRE-DRILL.---LOWER PIECE AND SPINDLES OF CEDAR. ROUGHLY MADE FROM A ROUND PIECE OF WOOD. THE FURROWS WERE CUT WITH A SAW. LENGTH OF PARTS, 18 INCHES. BILHULA INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), BELLA BELLA, B. C. 20,644. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
FROM CARD: "16290-91. #16290 - #16291 - COMMON FORM."
From card: "Mechanical mask (movable jaw and eyes, the latter set with mirror. Fine old specimen."
From card: "Bilateral type with multiple barbs and a lanyard eye in the base. Found in the collection."
FROM CARD: "TO PUT ON HEAD OF A BAGAS TO MAKE HIM DISAPPEAR. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 186; P. 527."
From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Oval, of cedar bark, rush, grass and seaweed. The latter material is in shades of dark brown and green. Pattern the .... mask." "Mask pattern" may represent wolf per Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 12-7-2009