Note: Locality and cultural identification in Anthropology ledger book and catalogue card list this as Haida, Cusarn Bay, Prince of Wales Archipelago, Scowallis [sic] Tribe. It may be speculated that this is actually [Chief] Skowal's [a.k.a. Skowl] tribe, Kasaan?

FROM CARD: "DANCE RATTLE OR CLAPPER CARVED FROM WOOD IN THE SHAPE OF A SHORT THICK PADDLE, SPLIT LONGITUDINALLY ACROSS ITS WIDTH. ONE SECTION IS SOLID WITH ITS HANDLE; THE OTHER IS HINGED TO HANDLE WITH A NOTCH BONE SPRING. THE FLAT SIDES OF EACH SECTION ARE HOLLOWED OUT LIKE A SPOON. THE WOOD IS STAINED BLACK. ILLUS. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, PL. 8-J, P. 121."