WICKERWORK BASKET WITH LID MADE BY MRS. ISABELL IDES, P.O. BOX 197, SOOES BEACH, NEAH BAY, WASHINGTON 98357 IN 1981. WHALE AND BOAT/CANOE DESIGN WITH BIRDS IN DYED BLUE AND RED WEFT SPLINTS. COMBINATION OF PLAIN AND TWINED WICKERWORK. LID HAS RED AND BLUE STAR DESIGN SURROUNDING LID KNOB. SOME FADING OF BLUE DYE ON LID TOP. BOTTOM OF BASKET SIGNED ISABELL IDES, AUGUST 1981, $40.00. PAPER TAG GLUED TO BOTTOM WITH MAKER'S NAME AND ADDRESS. ACQUIRED BY E. BARRIE KAVASCH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT.

From front of card: "Used in masquerade dances. Illus. in USNM Rept, 1895; fig. 166, p. 514. Collector's description on reverse." From back of card: "Collector's description: "Jointed sword used in masqurade dances. The performer comes in with the sword around his neck like a necklace. A stuffed figure to resemble a serpent is then brought in when the indian by a slight of hand movement pulls the string which straightens the sword and the serpent is attacked and destroyed."

From card: "Chest; carved in relief; four added pieces; cover. "in high relief: bear's head holding a man on front and on the back the hind part of the bear; ends, Kye, or the sealion, holding a salmon in its mouth; top, Hoorts, the bear." Swan. USNM A.R. 1888, fig. 243, pl. 44, pg. 319. (Incorrectly numbered as 89000.) M. Barbeau, "Haida Carvers in Argillite," Nat. Mus. of Canada Bull. 139 (Anthro. Series 38) [Pl. 73, p. 65, and discussed p. 64-65], From: Boxes and Bowls catalog, Renwick Gallery; Smithsonian Press; 1974. Object illustrated on same page.: Chest, Argillite; carved in relief; four added pieces. Length: 20 1/4. [Haida], Skidegate, British Columbia. "Bear on front and back, seahorse on ends, bear on top." [Tentatively attributed to the artist Charles Edenshaw, by Bill Holm]. Collected by James G. Swan, October 9, 1883." Attributed to Charles Edenshaw by Barbeau. Attribution tentatively supported by Bill Holm, 1973.March 3, 2011, Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, attributes to John Robson.