From card: "Made by Geneskelos. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, pl. 8, fig. [31, 33], p. 260. 20251A -- Bear design. Loan: R. H. Lowie Museum Dec. 31, 1964. Loan returned Feb 15 1966..." From card: "card 2. 20251A illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., vol. 7, Northwest Coast, fig. 8 bottom, pg. 124."From card: "20,251. Bracelets (2).---silver band, bent in circlets; open spring clasp; exterior chased and engraved. Diam., 2 1/4 ins. Breadth of band, 1 to 1 1/4 ins. Queen Charlotte's Island, British Columbia, 1876. Collected by J. G. Swan for Centennial Exposition, 1876. Made by "Geneskelos," a Haidah Indian of Lashkeeh. Device represents hoort's, the bear, and skamskwin, eagle (or thunder bird)."The original Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies E20251 as one pair of silver bracelets made by Geneskelos. However, at least since 1888 there appear to have been 3 bracelets with catalogue number E20251: E20251-0 (20251A) a bear design bracelet; E20251-1 (20251B) a bear design bracelet decorated in a different style than E20251-0; E20251-2 (20251C) an eagle or thunderbird design bracelet decorated in the same style as E20251-0. Per Robin K. Wright and Kathryn B. Bunn-Marcuse, E20251-0 and E20251-2 appear to have been made by Geneskelos. Wright and Bunn-Marcuse doubt that Geneskelos made E20251-1. E20251-0 is Fig. 39, E20251-1 is Fig. 41 and E20251-2 is Fig. 40, all on p. 68 of Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B. 2007. Precious Metals: silver and gold bracelets from the Northwest Coast. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007.

FROM CARD: "23327-8. 23327 SAPPORO MUS. 1/28/95 ONE."

From card: "James Swan collection? Otter design, with clasp. Shamrock and scroll design near clasp." Illus. Fig. 59, p. 76 in Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B. 2007. Precious Metals: silver and gold bracelets from the Northwest Coast. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. Attributed as Tlingit by Bunn-Marcuse. Also, on p. 77 Bunn-Marcuse notes that the shamrock-type flower design on this bracelet is similar to designs found on the Chinese chests popular at that time.

Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".

FROM CARD: "BALANCE OF J. J. MCLEAN COLLECTION FROM #49201-25. DRESS."Anthropology catalogue ledger book drawing of this artifact shows a clothed doll also wearing a robe or cape about its shoulders. As of 2010, it appears only the robe has been located.

From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Grass imbrication on cedar bark; design [drawing resembling parallel zigzag lines here] in black."

Pamela Brown (Heiltsuk) and Ian Reid (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. These types of fans are used ceremonially during dances to welcome animals at the beginning and end of potlatches. This fan depicts a bird.

Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.

WOMAN'S MASK (ESKIMO? NWC?).Mask depicting woman with labret.

As of 2014, there are two bowls numbered E9249. It is possible that one may actually be # E9246, which was not found during the inventory? # 1 of 2, the darker bowl, has been identified by Joe Zuboff, Angoon Cultural Leader, 2014, as carved to represent a beaver. # 2 of 2, which is also numbered 9249A, represents a seal, and has a large open crack at one end.