FROM CARD: "RAVEN. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 82; P. 451. AN ORIGINAL TAG HAS SOME WRITING, HALF OF WHICH IS IN SHORTHAND SO CAN'T BE MADE OUT, BUT ON THE BACK ARE THESE ITEMS: "QOMOQUE (RICH ONE, AN UNDERSEA SPIRIT) QOAGOAXWALANUXIWAT (RAVEN OF THE CANNIBAL)."Transcription (with notes) [and translation] by Rainer Hatoum, of notes in Boas handwriting on old tag: Hamx'siwe. Raven. 3 // With (an) eagleskin (hanging) to (the) waist. (The dancer wears a) Laqaq on (the) arms, also (at the) elbows and at wrist; (he wears an) ordinary(?) neckring Waistband, knee and ankles. By marriage from Bellabella. Ein Häuptling (wurde) auf (einer) xxx (Insel?) verlassen von seinem Sklaven. Er weint(e.) Und ein Mann weckte ihn (4 Mal.) [A chief (was) abandoned on (an) xxx (island?) by his slave. He cried(.) And a man woke him (4 times.)] (Beim) 4ten Mal biss er (, der fremde Mann, ein) Loch in sein Blanket und sah hindurch. Es war die Maus. Er sagt(:) Ich sah dich kommen. (Er) öffnet (einen) …[(At) the 4th time he bit (the strange man, a) hole in his blanket and looked through it. It was the mouse. He says(:) I saw you coming. (He) opens (a) ...//] Felsen und geht hinein. Hinaus(?) ist(/kam der) Rabe (und stand) an der Türe. Das ist diese Maske. Es war Q'o'moque' // Qoa'qoax walanuxsiwae. Auch im Lao'laxa gebraucht.[rock and goes in. Out came raven (and stood) at the door. It is this mask. It was Q'o'moque'.Qoa'qoax walanuxsiwae. Also used in the Lao'laxa.] Eagle waist, no arms. 169,114

FROM CARD: "KILLER-WHALE. HEAD SPLIT FORMING TWO PROFILES TOUCHING AT DORSAL FIN OVER HEAD. SIDE FINS ON SIDES OF BODY. PAINTED BY MR. WALTERS. 9/8/70 LOANED TO NAT. GALL. ARTS. 9/22/70 RETURNED FROM NGA."

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HAIR PLUMES (2).---A NUMBER OF TRIMMED FEATHERS ATTACHED TO THE UPPER END OF A POINTED STICK BY WRAPPINGS OF STRING. LENGTH, 12 1/4 INCHES. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 46,497. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."It is unclear from records if E46496 and 46497 are related objects?

FROM CARD: "CUT FROM THE SOLID. STYILISTICALLY CARVED, PAINTED AND INSET WITH SHELL OPERCULA. REVERSE EXCAVATED TO FIT NOSE, ALSO PERFORATED FOR BREATHING HOLE JUST BENEATH. VERTICAL ONE-FOURTH INCH DEEP GROOVES PERMITTING OVAL CURVATURE CUT INTO REVERSE SIDE. OVAL SHAPE, ENDS JOINED AT REAR WITH RAWHIDE THONG. PARTLY PLAIN, AND IN PART PAINTED IN VERMILLION. NEG. NO. 43,230F (FRONT) 43,230-G (RIGHT SIDE). NEG. NO. 43,021.16,222. LOANED TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART OCTOBER 20, 1972. RETURNED 5-29-73 ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 256."

FROM CARD: "PARASOL-SHAPED. ORNAMENTED WITH A TOTEMIC DESIGN AT THE TOP, AND PAINTED IN SOLID COLOR ON THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTSIDE SURFACE." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 9, case 29. Exhibit label identified it as "Nootka type."

FROM CARD: "MIXED WITH SPRUCE GUM WITH YELLOW LICHEN FOR DYEING. EATEN BY INDIANS."