Flat, circular. May be a lid? Anthropology Conservation Lab records identify as Northwest Coast but may be Northeast or Southeast Indian also?

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HAND DRUM (GA'U) OF THE HOONYAS, KOLUSCHAN FAMILY. SHELL, A HOOP OF WOOD; HEAD, OF BLADDER, IN THREE PIECES, SOAKED, STRETCHED AND HELD BY PEGS DRIVEN INTO THE BACK OF THE HOOP. A RAWHIDE THONG ON THE BACK OF THE HOOP SERVES AS A HANDLE. DIAMETER, 9 INCHES. ALASKA. 60,222. COLLECTED, 1881, BY JOHN J. MCLEAN."

FROM CARD: "TWO SPOON-SHAPED PIECES OF CARVED WOOD, ONE WITH A HUMAN FIGURE CARVED ON CONVEX SIDE, THE OTHER WITH A HUMAN MASK. EACH ONE IS MADE THIN WHERE IT BEGINS TO FORM THE HANDLE. THE FLAT OR CONCAVE SIDES OF THE BODY FACE EACH OTHER AND THE ENDS THAT FORM THE HANDLE ARE BOUND TOGETHER WITH A WRAPPING OF CORD. USED AT THE DOG FEASTS. 20,590. LOANED TO S.I. CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT (A&I) 10-29-75."Ian Reed (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th -24th, 2013. There is is a sea creature on the clapper, with eyes, fin, tail, nose, and big lips. There is also a human on the back, with a dorsal fin. The clapper appears to be made out of yew.

From card: "Raven, dog fish, herring, and bear-killer whale motifs."

From card: ""consisting of head of killer [whale], two dorsal fins and tails." Swan"

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 610, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford. and object is from Sitka Tlingit. field catalogue describes as "War club (broken) formerly used by Thlinkets, Sitka."

From card: "Curved cedar shank, bone barb attached with strip of cedar."