FROM CARD: "OF THE SPEAKER OF NENALAADGIYAS. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 132; P. 486."

Object is from Yakutat Tlingit, Port Mulgrave, per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 1158.

FROM CARD: "IN SHAMAN'S BOX [# E68018]."

FROM CARD: "TWINED BASKET MAT. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL.36, FIG. 183; P. 314. ONE SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023." FROM CARD: "...LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

FROM CARD: "EX[changed]. OCT. 30, [18]85"

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "RAG CARPET.---WOVEN BY CLALLAM ... [WOMEN] IN NATIVE FRAME AND WITH NATIVE APPARATUS. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON. 23,429. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. THIS SPECIMEN IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE SURVIVAL OF ANCIENT ABORIGINAL STITCH AND TECHNIQUE ON MATERIALS USED BY THE WHITE MAN. THE WORK IS DONE IN "TWINED WEAVING" A PROCESS UNKNOWN AMONG CIVILIZED [sic] PEOPLES."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 3RD AR, PL. XIX, FIGS. 43-4, P. 183." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---WOOD, HOLLOWED OUT UNDERNEATH TO FIT TOP OF HEAD, AND CARVED AND PAINTED ON TOP AND IN FRONT TO REPRESENT EYES, TEETH, AND MUZZLE OF SOME ANIMAL. ATTACHED TO AND PENDANT BEHIND ARE BODY, TAIL, AND GILLS CUT FROM THICK PAPER AND PAINTED TO REPRESENT A FISH. WORN IN DANCES BY HAIDAH INDIANS, S. W. PART OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. LENGTH OF WOOD, 9 1/2 INS WIDTH, 7 1/4 INS. TOTAL LENGTH, 18 INS. PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO, 1875. 20,890. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN. POSSIBLY A REPRESENTATION OF THLAMA (A SKATE FISH), WHICH SOME OF THE HAIDAH INDIANS HOLD IN HIGH REGARD." SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. See p. 206-207 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright identifies this object as having been collected by James G. Swan from Duncan ginaawaan at Klinkwan in 1875.

From card: "Wooden staff of Indian doctor used in incantations."E60210 and E60211 are both catalogued as doctor's staffs. There are 2 entries in the list in the accession file that appear to describe these objects. One entry lists "1 carved, long staff, Doctors, [from] Kootzahoo (i.e. Hutsnuwu Tlingit). The other entry lists "1 medicine stick, long, [from] Hoonia" (i.e. Hoonah). Unfortunately, it is unclear which description applies to which staff, though it can be speculated that the carved staff may be E60210?