FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK. BELONGING TO 2 MASKS NO. 169105-6."

FOUND IN "SCHOOL COLLECTION" STORAGE AREA. PROPOSED FOR ACCESSIONING AND DESCRIBED BY WILLIAM STURTEVANT ETHNOLOGY CURATOR NMNH, 11/1994. SOUVENIR PLAQUE, NORTHWEST COAST (HAIDA ? TSIMSHIAN?). PAINTING MAY BE BY AN INDIAN ARTIST. FOUR PIECES OF RED CEDAR FITTED TOGETHER AS A DISK, 12" DIAMETER. ON FRONT IS PAINTED DESIGN OF AN EAGLE IN NORTHERN NORTHWEST COAST STYLE, BLACK RED, WHITE AND YELLOW, PERHAPS STENCILLED, FINISHED WITH SHINY VARNISH. ON BACK: "LEGEND OF THE EAGLE" SUPPOSEDLY AN INDIAN ORIGIN MYTH ACCOUNTING FOR THE COASTAL ISLANDS. LABELED " MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA" OLD PIECE OF TAPE READS, IN PENCIL " A-IZ LEFT AT WINOWSICÙ T4 A-6B" LAST CHARACTERS UNCLEAR; PROBABLY INDICATES THE SOURCE OF THE OBJECT, PERHAPS DURING THE 1950'S OR 1960'S, AND ACCOUNTS FOR ITS STORAGE, UNCATALOGUED IN THE SCHOOL COLLECTION.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN NAT. MUS. REPT 1887, FIG. 6, P. 170. ALSO IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 206-A; P.516." FROM LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: " ... [BABY] CRADLE---FRAME AND BED. A WOODEN BOX, BOAT SHAPED, WITH PROJECTING HEAD-PIECE PAINTED. THE HEAD PART HELD TOGETHER BY ROPE FIBER; BEDDING OF STRIPPED BARK; SKIN COVER FOR BODY. LENGTH 2 FEET 3 INCHES. WIDTH 7 INCHES. DEPTH 4 INCHES. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1875. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."Listed on page 43 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

From card: "A wolf mask with a cloth trailer and an old leather belt head strap. Painted white, blue, red and orange/red."

DEEP, ROUND BOTTOMED CONTAINER OF THICK GRASS BUNDLE COILS, AND SPLIT STITCHES, PLUS IMBRICATED GEOMETRIC DECORATION IN LIGHTER COLOR. COLLECTED NEW IN 1949 NEAR SHAKER SETTLEMENTS.