In Swan's invoice of June 30, 1888 in the accession file he notes this mat as "... used as a wrapper to the parcel."

FROM CARD: "BRASS STUDS FOR EYES; FACE PAINTED BLUE; EYEBROWS, BLACK; MOUTH AND CARVED TEETH, RED. LEATHER TIES IN BACK. LEFT SIDE BROKEN; NATIVE MEND."

From card: "Handle shod with etched copper and tipped with bone carving representing totemic animals; abalone shell inlay; copper rivets. Original # 1907 may refer to a date rather than an original number."Old label glued into the spoon bowl says: "Alaska spoon bought on Alaska trip Coburn's KAZ 1907 PBIE". See also E360925 and E360926 which have original tags which also reference Coburn's.

Listed on page 50 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)".

Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.

From card: "Cylindrical - rattle in knobbed cover. In poor repair. Twined overlay basketry weave." No lid present. Misnumbered E350248.

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."A black-brimmed painted basketry hat. Hat is described, p. 57 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3). [Hat is] " ... a striking example with expansive design elements rendered in black and red, including a large, four-way split oval at the front and a series of featherlike U-forms extending down the back. As with most ... [black-brimmed hats], it is difficult to identify the creature depicted."For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.