From card: "Raven, fishhawk, and bear-killer whale motifs."Illus. Pl. 60, p. 49 and described p. 47-49 in Barbeau, Marius. 1957. Haida carvers in argillite/ Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, National Museum of Canada. Barbeau attributes to carver Tom Price. Motifs: central background design of eagle and shark; central raised figure of Shark-Woman; 2 raised eagles.

From card: "Carving representing an eagle [E274594-0]; and other animal figures. Other carving represents a whale [E274594-1]."

FROM CARD: "EX. CANTERBURY MUS, JUNE 1900. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT., 1902; FIGS. 138-9; P. 410. NEG. #86-6978 & 86-6979."

From card: "Painted red on the inner surface and black on the outer. Carved from a single piece of wood. The grip is constricted, flaring out on each side and tapering towards the ends, each of which terminated in a good sized human mask, with real hair inserted." Illus. Fig. 376, p. 274 in Fitzhugh, William W., and Aron Crowell. 1988. Crossroads of continents: cultures of Siberia and Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Identified there as a Tlingit shaman's bow. "Wands, batons, spears, daggers, and other items were used for display, carried in the hands by Tlingit chiefs and shamans on state occasions like potlatches and festivals. This oversized bow has a carved human head at each end, one singing and one talking. Similar paired faces were carved on shaman's headrests used during fasting (Wardwell 1978:87). Ceremonial bows were often made with matching arrows, and were sometimes used in curing ceremonies."

This object is catalogued as "Chilcat". An August 29, 1872 letter from Colyer in accession file has a listing for # "17 Coat of buckskin - from Copper River and the Youkon [a.k.a. Yukon], Alaska." It is possible that E11383 may be the coat this listing refers to?