List in accession file has an entry for "2 doz. pieces ivory tusks claws & teeth sharpened & drilled", which may refer to some of the basket contents? List in accession file also includes "Ivory needles etc."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI-5, P. 260 ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 8 TOP, PG. 124. INVENTORIED 1979."FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "COPPER BRACELETS.--MADE FROM A NUGGET OF NATIVE COPPER, BY COLD HAMMERING. KWAKIUTL INDIANS (WAKASHAN STOCK), BELLA BELLA, B. C. 20,627. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Has movable parts.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on artfact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=613 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Mask Pulling the strings on this Sparrow Hawk mask makes the eyes move, the beak open, and the tongue rise and fall. Haida dance masks were worn during winter "secret society" ceremonies for the acquisition of supernatural power, and often represented ravens, hawks, puffins, oystercatchers, and other birds. The mask is brightened with strips of copper.

This hat is of the style often called a shaman's hat, per Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, 3-2003

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1895, FIG. 207, P. 654. 'A LARGE WHISTLE USED TO ANNOUNCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF A FESTIVAL. VERY HIGHLY PRIZED. THE NAME IS OOLALLA SPAPOKWILLA, OR OOLALLA WHISTLE.' SWAN'S DESC.CAT." OVER THE YEARS WHISTLE 89063 HAS BEEN CONFUSED WITH WHISTLE 89062. THE WHISTLE NOW CALLED 89063 MATCHES THE LEDGER BOOK DRAWING FOR 89063. - F. PICKERING 6-9-1997

FROM CARD: "18944-5. THESE ARE PART OF A CHILCAT SHAMAN'S SET. ALAN R. SAWYER 2/1982."