From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

From card: "made by Geneskelos. 20251C-- Width - 3.4 cm. Thunderbird [or eagle]."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 since1888 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: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, pl. 54, fig. 291; p. 324."

HAS CATALOG CARD.

In addition to the fish line, there are 3 wooden pieces with this object that may be fish lures or parts of fish lures. Two have labels glued on in James Swan's hand: One says "No 15, Kark te whaddie. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery W.T. From James G. Swan, Port Townsend, W.T. Nobember 20th 1882." The second says "Kark te waddie, used in fishing to attract fish, Makah Indians W.T., Neah Bay, W.T. J.G. Swan, Nov. 20th 1882."