FROM CARD: "LOAN. R. H. LOWIE MUSEUM DEC. 31, 1964. LOAN RETURNED FEB 15 1966. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 12 RIGHT, PG. 217." Handbook caption identifies as a fighting knife, Northern Northwest Coast-style dagger, "The blade has a midline ridge on one surface; the other is concave. The carved wooden haft is wrapped in heavy twine. The crest is a bear, inlaid with abalone." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABLE WITH CARD: "DAGGER.---DOUBLE-EDGED STEEL BLADE, VERY THICK DOWN THE MIDDLE AND BECOMING THINNER TOWARD THE EDGES. HANDLE OF WOOD, WITH A BEAR'S HEAD INLAID WITH HALIOTIS SHELL, CARVED ON THE END. THE HANDLE IS WRAPPED WITH CORD AND HAS ATTACHED A STRIP OF LEATHER WITH A SLIT CUT NEAR THE END, THROUGH WHICH THE MIDDLE FINGER IS PLACED AND THE LEATHER THEN TWISTED ABOUT THE WRIST, THUS SECURING THE WEAPON FIRM IN THE HAND, SO THAT THE WARRIOR NEVER LOOSES HIS DAGGER UNTIL DEATH. LENGTH OF BLADE, 19 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH OF BLADE, 11 1/2 INCHES. KOOTZNAHOO INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), 60,189. ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA. COLLECTED BY JOHN J. MCLEAN."Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=128 , retrieved 3-12-2012: Clan knife or dagger, TlingitSee Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on a different dagger which in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=380 , retrieved 2-13-2022. It has this information on single-bladed daggers: Tlingit men wore the gwal.aa, or single-bladed dagger, in a sheath around the neck. The handle was carved to represent clan crests ... . The single-bladed dagger was a later type than the two-ended war knife and was not necessarily used for battle, but for personal defense.

FROM CARD: "10/5/66: THE BOWL OF THIS LADLE IS MISSING. GEP. 7/26/67: THIS LADLE IS NOW ASSEMBLED EXCEPT FOR ONE SMALL PIECE. GEP."

From card: "Made of two pieces of wood lashed together with splints. Iron point, straight."

Though catalogued as #2 in the collection, this object is actually #4 on the detailed list filed in the accession record, and is identified there as from Knights [sic, should be Knight] Inlet, B.C..

FROM CARD: "COVERED. NO. 168273,-6 1/2" HIGH. 168274, - 4 3/4" HIGH LX. AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR, 2-21-03. 168275-6 AND 168278, 3" HIGH. 168277 AND 168279, -3 1/2" HIGH. 168280, 5 1/2" HIGH. 168,281, -8" HIGH. 168,282, - 6". NO.168,276 EXCHANGED WITH THOMAS WILSON. NO. 168,279 EXCHANGED. - MS. J. G. SAYERS 4/10/1897. 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. SENT AS LOAN TO L. J BERGER-AMER.-COLORTYPE CO. 277 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY.-MARCH 27, 1903. 168,272-82. NO.168278: SENT AS GIFT TO MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA. C/O DR. S. Y. JAMESON, PREST. AUG. 6, 1906. #168282 - ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; PL. 73; P. 548. #168277-ON EXHIBIT: HALL 11, MAY 1990."

STONE PAINT MORTAR, DIVIDED IN MIDDLE INTO 2 SECTIONS, WITH REMNANTS OF RED PAINT IN ONE SECTION AND BLUE PAINT IN THE OTHER. Loan: Museo Nacional de Antropologia May 18, 1964. Loan returned 2012.

FROM CARD: "IN TWINED WEAVING AFTER THE STYLE OF CHILKAT-BLANKET IS FACE EMBROIDERED. LOAN: THE TEXTILE MUSEUM 4/30/65. ILLUS. FIG. 93, P.59 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PRESS, 1989."

FROM CARD: "MADE OF TWO FLAT PIECES OF BIRCHBARK SEPARATED AT THE SIDES WITH 1/4" THICK PIECES OF WOOD, AND BOUND INTO A FLAT POUCH OR CASE WITH STRIPS OF BRAIDED PORCUPINE QUILLS."There are incised drawings and markings on the bark on both sides of this container, including what appear to be American/European sailing ships and houses? At one time, this object had been possibly identified as part of the Wilkes/U.S. Exploring Expedition collection, but Jane Walsh doubts that attribution. Other possible sources might be the National Institute or John Varden collections, or the War Department Collection?