HAS CATALOG CARD.

Listed on page 47 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)".

Echini are presumably sea urchins. E88759 - 61 are on the list of objects purchased by Swan in Masset, a Haida town, in July 1883. The catalogue card lists them as Haida. However, the catalogue card also lists them as "Chilcat Inds." The source of this Chilkat attribution is unknown, though it may perhaps be a misreading of the original Anthropology catalogue ledger book, which identifies E88752, whose entry is on the same page and above the entries for these nets, as of Chilkat origin.

This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. Paddle 1 of 2 (also called E72675A) only is on loan to AMRC. Second paddle, paddle 2 of 2, is on exhibit in Sant Ocean Hall NMNH, 2008.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on paddle 1 of 2, also called E72675A, http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=602 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Canoe Paddle Haida canoe paddles were made of red or yellow cypress and ornamented with clan crest designs to match images painted on the boat itself. The paddles have wide grips and pointed tips. With a full complement of paddlers (up to eight men and women) Haida canoes were swift and maneuverable. After contact with European traders, the Haida added sails to their boats.

From Ledger Book: "Loan John J. McLean June 10, 1905. Sent to Mr. Philip S. McLean, 50 Church ST, NYC, 9/9/[19]13" Recorded under loan "Accession" # 10413. Apparently, most of this collection was returned to the family of the lender, but this item remains in the collection.This bowl is formerly ET623. Description from T # card: "Small canoe shaped -- traces of red paint..."