Listed on page 41 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". Listed under incorrect number, 247478.

LARGE CARVED AND PAINTED BOX AND LID, SWAN, HAIDA, SKIDEGATE?Box is currently in several pieces, revealing the nails etc. used in construction. Only the front panel has carved and painted decoration, including bear motif? Lid and bottom piece have red paint. Object is marked in pencil, it appears incorrectly, as Swan box # 58. However, Swan box # 58 is Catalogue No. E89034, which is accounted for in Anthropology's collections. Object is also marked with the number 39 in black paint or ink. Speculatively, one possible catalogue number for this might be E88945? E88945 is described as a large Haida carved box from Massett, B.C., that was broken up in transportation.

From card: "This is one of the two larger poles, acquired for the La. Purch. Expos. exhibit [a.k.a. St. Louis World's Fair of 1904] of the Smithsonian. It was purchased from Joe Hans who had it erected about 1885 as a memorial to his deceased uncle, whose name and totemic emblems he was assuming. It was put up on a site called: "nadogids" (the house to which people are always glad to go). The explanation of the carved figures is as follows, from bottom to top: 1. Beaver, was the original crest of Hans (tseng), 2. Whale (kun), 3. Sea Grizzly Bear (Chagan huaji), 3 Cormorant (kialo) with a face carved on its tail which is merely ornamental, 5. Two "totem-pole" men, with a ceremonial hat between them, on which stands: 6. Eagle (got) (at the top). The Eagle, Cormorant, and the whale are the crests which he took over from his uncle. Carved by natives from the giant cedar Thuja plicata."See "Monumental Art of Tanu", The Bill Reid Centre, Simon Fraser University https://www.sfu.ca/brc/virtual_village/haida/tanu/monumental-art-of-k-uuna.html . See entry on House 7b: Favourite House of Assembly, where it is noted that the second house on this site, Favourite House of Assembly, was erected sometime before 1885. Pole E233398 is described there as Frontal pole 7B, and the crests on the pole are identified in this way: 1. (top) separate carving of an eagle 2. two watchmen on either side of a small frog with large potlatch cylinders 3. cormorant 4. sea grizzly 5. killer whale 6. beaver with four potlatch cylinders

FROM CARD: "DETAIL OF WEAVING ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, FIG. 46, P. 269. ILLUS. USNM AR, 1888, PL. XIII, FIG. 43, P. 270 ALSO PL. XV, FIG. 53, P. 270." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 27, where it was identified as rod body armor.

From card: "Blue blanket trimmed along edges with red flannel? and decorated with red, green, gold, and blue beads in motifs resembling raven and sea mammals. Jane Walsh thinks this might be Cat. 23342?" E23342 is catalogued as Haida, Alaska.This blanket is seen in SI photo Negative #77-10036, Photo Lot 24 SPC Nwc Kwakiutl NM No.# Boas 09070500, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, which shows a museum exhibit of a figure group (mannequin life group) of Kwakiutl Hamatsa initiates emerging from a room behind a painted scene. This blanket is on the mannequin third from the left. The exhibit was created for the museum by Franz Boas in 1895, using items from the collection. This photo, and a description of how Boas researched and created the exhibit, are in Jonaitis, Aldona. 1988. "From the Land of the Totem Poles: the Northwest Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of Natural History", p. 150. The photo can also be seen online by going to collections.si.edu/search and searching on "NAA INV 09070500".Aaron Glass (during visit in March, 2017) agrees that this MIGHT be E23342: "Given that we know Boas dressed his Hamat'sa life group in some earlier collections, including at least one other Swan item, it is possible that this is the same piece. Perhaps its use on the mannequin resulted in its being separated from its [catalog] number (see ET668, as well)."This blanket/robe is visible in a stereograph photo where it is shown draped over a mannequin that was displayed at the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia. See: Centennial Photographic Co.. Indian Chief "Shimini"--Government Building. Stereoviews. Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphia, PA. https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/2008. This image is available from Library of Congress as well: "Indian chief, Shinomen." https://www.loc.gov/item/2022653171/ . Note: other than this blanket, the majority of the material on the mannequin appears to be from the John Wesley Powell collections from the Great Basin peoples. This provides some further evidence that it might be catalogue number E23342.

From old exhibit label with card: "HUNTING POUCH.--MADE OF RED FLANNEL, ORNAMENTED WITH ELABORATE BEAD EMBROIDERY. RED WORSTED TASSELS, SUSPENDED ON STRINGS OF BLUE AND RED BEADS, ADORN THE LOWER EDGE OF THE POUCH. LENGTH, 15 INCHES; WIDTH, 21 INCHES. HAIDA INDIANS (SKITTAGETAN STOCK), PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,808. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.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=530 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Bag Collector James Swan recorded this beaded bag as a "hunting pouch" when he purchased it at a Haida village on Prince of Wales Island in 1875, but the fine design suggests that it may have been worn on ceremonial occasions. The bag is made of red worsted (a type of wool cloth) with a leather-backed strap; beaded wool tassels hang from the bottom edge. Embroidered lettering on the back reads "MARY.ST, KOOK.SHOE CHU'DESTA, CHARLY M.R., ALASKA.T."

FROM CARD: "16253-6. NOS. 16253-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42, FIGS. 231-5; P. 318." A soapberry spoon.Anthropology's catalogue card and ledger book list the locality for E16253 - 6 as Nunivak Island, however this appears to be a cataloguing error. These artifacts are Dall original #s 1145 - 1148, and Dall's field catalogue, filed under accession no. 3258, identifies them this way: "Wooden utensils used like chopsticks, Chimsyan [sic] Indians, Main Land S. E. of Sitka."This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.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=515, retrieved 4-24-2012: Soapberry spoon. Soapberries are plentiful in the upriver territories of the Nisga'a and Gitxsan, who traditionally traded them to people on the coast. The berries were dried, whipped with water into foam, sweetened, and served with flat, beautifully carved hardwood spoons. During an 1858 feast that marked a high-ranking girl's initiation into the Destroyer secret society, her father ordered two large canoes to be carried into the house and filled with soapberries, frothed with black molasses. The guests were unable to finish the huge serving. "The Tsimshian word for soapberry is "as." You whip it up, add a little sugar, maybe some salmonberries or blueberries." - David Boxley (Tsimshian), 2009.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL 60; P1. 24, NO. 10; P. 48."Listed on page 49 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 (Tools)".