Illus. Fig. 72 p. 71 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Identitied there as prehistoricTlingit stone snake-beast with red pigments.

From card: "Compare with #23375 (Makah - Neah Bay) - GP."72683, 72684, 72696 and 72697 are identified as Swan original # 45. Swan's list in the accession file identifies # 45 as "3 Indian baskets from Sitka, and wooden canoe bailer." Because of this listing, the canoe bailer was assumed by the cataloguer as from Sitka as well and catalogue card identifies it as Sitka Tlingit. Note however that Anthropology staffer George Phebus (listed as GP on catalogue card) comments that this canoe bailer is similar in form to Makah canoe bailers.

Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.

May be Sitka Tlingit?: it is identified as collected in Sitka; and also see accession history re the basket part of this accession being from the "Sitka-Kwahn."

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 607, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford and object is from Sitka Tlingit.

Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.As of 2009, E67979 consists of a dagger and two sheaths, and E67980, E67981, E67983, and E67984 consist of 1 dagger, each, though originally catalogued as including sheaths. It is possible that one of the sheaths currently numbered E67979 may actually belong with the dagger E67980, E67981, E67983 or E67984?

FROM CARD: "SPOON.---BOWL OF SHEEP HORN, HANDLE OF GOAT HORN ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. THE BOWL IS SHAPED BY STEAMING THE HORN IN A WOODEN MOULD.THE HANDLE IS FASTENED TO THE BOWL WITH COPPER RIVETS. LENGTH, 8 3/4 INCHES; WIDTH OF BOWL, 2 1/2 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,749. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."