FROM CARD: "GLEN IS. MUS. N. Y. ."

From card: Wooden, painted."This object has a partially obscured glued on label inside. It is a label from the Sheldon Jackson Insitute. See E260339 for an example of an object with a full extant label of this type, the text of which says: "Sheldon Jackson Institute, An Industrial Training School for Indian Boys and Girls, Sitka, Alaska."

From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 16, fig. 60, p. 270. Loaned to the Department of Exhibits September 17, 1971. Copper teeth; rolling [movable] eyes. [Formerly] Exhibit Hall 9, 1987. Identified in exhibit label as Festival mask - A Human Spirit, Haida, collected at Skidegate village in 1883."On display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024. Exhibit label: Ceremonial mask, Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) or Nuxalk (Bella Coola), acquired from Haida, British Columbia, Canada, 1883; Painted wood, copper, leather. With its moveable eyes and lower jaw, this mask would have inspired awe and veneration. Representing a human-like spirit, the mask and its associated dance paraphernalia were worn by dancers in ritual ceremonies.

Accession file identifies original #94, Catalogue No. E20881, as a canoe bailer from Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu people]. Anthropology Catalogue ledger book lists locality as Admiralty Island, Alaska.

From card: "Carrying strap. Illus. in Nat. Mus. Rept. 1887, fig. 3, p. 262 also in USNM AR, 1894; fig. 144; p. 455; and Rept. 1902; fig. 66; p. 264."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 7, P. 260." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BRACELETS.---MADE OF COPPER AND INLAID WITH PIECES OF SHELL, HALIOTIS KAMSCHATKENSIS. NASSES [NASS] INDIANS, NEAR FORT SIMPSON. GREATEST DIAM., 2 3/4 INS. LEAST DIAM., 2 INS. FORT SIMPSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1875. 20,637. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."