Catalog card: "used in masquerade ceremonies". Also says that it was sent as an exchange to F.W. Galpin in 1907, but this is crossed out (and the whistle remains in the NMNH collection).

From card: "Evidently a part of some shaman's paraphernalia. The thin slab of whalebone has incided figurine heads at either end, one resembling a turtle, the other a gull. Some of the incised lines are recent, others show weathering."

FROM CARD: "MADE OF HORNS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT."Listed on page 45 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)".

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 14, P.260. INVENTORIED 1979."FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "EAR-RINGS (2).---MADE OF SILVER; PENDANT TO HOOKS FOR LOBES OF EAR ARE BELL-BUTTON SHAPED ORNAMENTS, WITH EXTERIOR ENGRAVED. HAIDAH INDIANS, PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO. EXTREME LENGTH, 1 1/4 INS. LENGTH OF PENDANT, 3/4 IN. ALASKA, 1875. 19,550. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1890; Pl. 72, fig. 1; p. 416 Woman's knife, Kootznoo Indians (Kolushan stock)."From old label glued to artifact: "Ancient War Weapon, Koutznow Indians, Admiralty Island, Chatham Strait, Alaska Ter. June 24 1875 J.G. Swan"

Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution.

FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED. 8/17/66."Catalogue card indicates bow and 7 arrows, however only a bow and 5 arrows have been located.

FROM CARD: "60156A,B*. "*TWO SPECIMENS WERE FOUND WITH THIS NUMBER; HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED A & B."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".