FROM CARD: "OF GOSGEMOX. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 185; P. 527."

FROM CARD: "DENAXDAX=KWAKIUTL. DANAXDOX TRIBE. (DIDN'T CHECK ? 9/61-RAE) ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 37; P. 415. FROM AN ORIGINAL TAG: "DGIDGUNAS MASK OR THE THUNDER BIRD OF THE BALALAGILOQ FAMILY OF THE DANAXDOX TRIBE." WOODEN, WITH SEPARATE JAW, FOREPART OF HEAD ONLY, WITH CURVED BEAK, PAINTED RED, BLUE AND BLACK, EYE PART WHITE. 9/1961 THE BARK OR OTHER FRINGES ONCE ON THIS ARE NOW GONE.-R. ELDER."Catalogue card for E175524 indicates that E175523 fits on top of E175524.

Anthropology Conservation Lab records identify as Northwest Coast. Stored Tlingit.

UNDYED OBLONG WICKERWORK BASKET WITH BRAIDED HANDLE. MADE OF CEDAR BARK, DONE IN TWO WEFT TWINING TECHNIQUE. ACQUIRED BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT IN 1981.

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.

From Card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1893, pl 22, p 644... fig 1."Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.Shirley Kendall, Virginia Oliver, and Alan Zuboff made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This robe is made of moose-hide, winter moose in particular according to Alan, and isn't smoked. This object is only top-stitched, not stitched all the way through. Virginia noted the presence of porcupine quills and commented that she didn't know Tlingits had fringed garments such as this. Alan commented that the wood with the object looks like something that would be on armor.

FROM CARD: "MASKS #71 (89048) AND #72 (THIS MASK) ARE ALWAYS DISPLAYED AS A UNIT. MAN AND WIFE, DISPLAYED IN DANCE." IDENTIFIED AS MASK REPRESENTING WOMAN WEARING LABRET, C. 1840, ON P. 188 OF DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY BY PETER MACNAIR, VANOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998.

From card: "Rank ornament of chief. Each section shows the number of feasts he has given." From old original tag with artifact: "Tadn skillik worn by chiefs to indicate rank. This was on top of an old wooden helmet too much broken to be of use. These Tadn skilliks are highly prized when new. This is the only specimen offered. James G. Swan, Massett, B.C., July 9, 1883." AS OF 2006, CAT. #88738 CONSISTS OF ONE COLUMN OF 3 WOODEN AND 4 WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? CYLINDRICAL RINGS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "POTLATCH RINGS," USUALLY USED ON TOPS OF HATS. -F. PICKERING 5-10-2006