FROM CARD: "MADE OF MOUNTAIN GOAT'S WOOL OVERLAID ON WARP OF TWISTED SPRUCE ROOT. VERY MUCH MOTH EATEN."

TWINED, WOOLEN BELT WITH LONG FRINGE AT EITHER END. THE BELT IS WOVEN IN WHITE, RED AND GREEN ZIGZAG PATTERNS. FRINGE AT EITHER END; PUBLICATION: S.I. ANNUAL REPORT, 1928, PL. 13, P. 646. THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN HALL, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1989. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.From card: "Mountain goat. Woven of white, red, and green wools in zigzag pattern; ends fringed. Illus.: ARSI, 1928; Pl. 13; p.646."Reference: Solazzo, C., S. Heald, M.W. Ballard, D.A. Ashford, P.T. DePriest, R.J. Koestler, and M. Collins. 2011. Proteomics and Coast Salish blankets: A tale of shaggy dogs? Antiquity 85: 1418-1432. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/085/ant0851418.htm . Identified there as a sash belt - main part a tightly woven structure, fringe of identical materials, and braid incorporated in the fringe; braid a blend of Mountain goat hair and Salish wool or woolly dog hair.Illus. Fig. 41, p. 101, in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.

FROM OLD LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GAMBLING STICKS.--MADE OF WOOD; TWENTY NINE IN NUMBER, WITH BUCKSKIN BAG. MOST OF THE STICKS HAVE A DISTINCTIVE MARK. LENGTH, 5 INCHES; WIDTH, 3/8 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 9,939. COLLECTED BY CAPT. HENRIQUES. EXPLANATION OF GAME.--EACH PLAYER, IN TURN, SELECTS A NUMBER OF STICKS FROM HIS BAG AND PLACES THEM UNDER A HEAP OR HEAPS OF BARK TOW. HIS OPPONENT THEN GUESSES WHETHER THIS NUMBER IS EVEN OR ODD, OR IN WHICH OF TWO PILES A CERTAIN STICK IS HIDDEN. ACCORDING AS HIS GUESS IS A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE, HE GAINS OR LOSES ONE OR MORE STICKS. THIS IS KEPT UP UNTIL ONE OF THE PLAYERS LOSSES HIS ENTIRE SET AND THUS FORFEITS THE ARTICLE BET UPON THE GAME. THE TLINGITS ARE INVETERATE GAMBLERS."Virginia Oliver made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This gambling set features an abalone inlay on the ends of some of the gambling sticks.

From card: "'If for common painting of hats, etc. the paint is prepared by chewing dried salmon eggs and cedar bark and spitting the saliva into the cavity in the stone, and the lignite is then rubbed in till the required color is obtained. When used for tatooing the lignite is rubbed on the stone with water only.' Swan's invoice and descriptive catalogue." Neg. #2005-22350 is photo of this object with Catalogue No. E88903, a paint mortar.

OLD TAG WITH ARTIFACT STATES: "NO. 206 SKAMSKUM, HAIDA MASK MASSET, B.C., JULY 6TH 1883, J.G. SWAN, 75 CENTS."

NO NUMBER; NORTHWEST COAST-PARTS OF CRADLE, BASKET, BED, FIBER, FIBER MATTING; SEE T-15954.