FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM BLOCK OF CLAY SLATE. (DUPLICATE CARD. COPIED FROM CATALOG). LABEL: "HAIDA INDIANS, BRITISH COLUMBIA".Argillite clay-type portrait pipe; human figure with bone head reclining on stem behind bowl.It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by Dr. John Evans during his surveying in Oregon and Washington Territories and Vancouver Island, 1851-1852 or 1853-1856?

AS OF 2003 THERE ARE 3 BASKETS WITH THIS CATALOGUE # IN THE COLLECTIONS, ALONG WITH ET20353 & 4 WHICH FORMERLY BORE THIS #. LARGEST OF 3 WAS ILLUS. FIG. 17, P. 51 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS FLAT WRAPPED TWINED BAG WITH POCKETS ON BOTH SIDES, CLATSOP OR TILLAMOOK, WOVEN ON CONTINUOUS WARP, WITH CONTRASTING DESIGNS ON BACK. MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A WALLET TO CARRY AND TRANSPORT PERSONAL GOODS. 23.5 CM. H,; 19.4 CM. W..1 LIGHT YELLOWISH TAN BASKET WITH LIGHT BROWN DESIGNS AND DARKER BROWN TRIANGLES AT RIM, WITH ATTACHED LOOPS ALL AROUND. THE BASKET IS BRITTLE AND LOOPS HAVE BROKEN OFF AT ONE SECTION. THE BRAID AROUND THE RIM IS OF A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAN THE REST. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO AN ORIGINAL SHIPPING LABEL READS, "WM ROBERTS EX EX VINCENS- 1 BASKET". THIS OBJECT WAS EXCHANGED WITH THE DANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM IN 1867 AND WAS LOCATED THERE IN 1987. DANISH CATALOGUE NUMBER IS H-1383. THE BASKET HAS NO S.I. CATALOGUE NUMBER, BUT FOR THE PRESENT IS # 2708.

PROBABLY MADE OF FINELY TWISTED TWO-PLY CATTAIL (TYPHA LATIFOLIA) LEAF CORD - *SEE* A TIME OF GATHERING BY ROBIN K. WRIGHT, 1991, P. 34, 40, 48. Illus. p. 247 and described p. 247 and p. 382 in Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as Chinook.A similar Chinook skirt, from Lewis and Clark, is in collections of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, # PM 99-12-10/52990. The Peabody Museum website notes that Lewis and Clark "... described at length the unique twined cordage skirts that women in the lower Columbia River area made from cedar bark or cattail leaves, which were valuable commodities in local trade networks." Peabody Museum curator Castle McLaughlin has noted that the Catlin cordage skirts E73291, E73306 and E386547 have red paint applied to them, but this is not typical for these types of skirts. The red paint may have been applied by George Catlin?During the cataloguing of quillwork E386582B in 1948, a tag was found with it that stated "From a Lewis and Clark Chinook Skirt in Catlin Coll". Curator John C. Ewers determined that the tag did not actually belong with E386582B. It is possible that the tag might instead have been associated with Chinook skirts E73291, E73306 or E386547. This tag has not currently been located. Nor can the source of the possible ID of a Chinook skirt in the Catlin collection to Lewis and Clark be determined.

Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies donor as J. (John) Varden, though no accession number is identified. Object was catalogued in 1874.

BASKET MADE FROM CATTAIL, BEARGRASS & CEDAR BARK. THE RIM IS CONSTRUCTED OF A FALSE BRAID WITH CEDAR ROOT & BEARGRASS ADDED, WITH TWISTED BRANCH FOR LOOPS ALL AROUND,(SOME ARE MISSING). THE BASE HAS SPIRAL PLAIN TWINING WITH PARTIAL OVERLAY OF BEARGRASS TO FORM CONCENTRIC CIRCLES. THE BASKET IS DECORATED WITH ROWS OF DARK BROWN STARS AND BACKBONE DESIGNS ALTERNATING IN HORIZONTAL BANDS, FIVE IN ALL, DARK ON LIGHT. EXAMINED AND DESCRIBED BY CAROLYN MARR. ILLUS. FIG. 5 & 6, P. 47 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984. IDENTIFIED ON P. 46 OF THIS PUBLICATION AS TWANA BUT " ... ATYPICAL OF TWANA WORK, RESEMBLING THE NEIGHBORING CHEHALIS AND QUINAULT, WHO ALSO USE THE SAME BORDER DESIGN, CALLED 'FLIES' OR 'STARS' .... THE MAIN DESIGN DEPICTS TWO TYPES OF FISH BACKBONE PATTERNS, VARIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS STURGEON, HERRING AND SALMON .... THE BASE IS PLAIN TWINING WITH PARTIAL OVERLAY ..."FROM CARD: "NO. 7571: EXCHANGE. MRS. J. G. SAYERS. 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4/10/1897."

A BLACK-BRIMMED HAT. TIGHTLY WOVEN, CONICAL RAINPROOF HAT WHICH IS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE AT THE TOP. A HEAD CAP IS WOVEN IN THE INTERIOR FOR A CLOSER FIT. THE EXTERIOR IS PAINTED WITH A BROAD BLACK BAND, AND HAS ABSTRACTED DESIGNS IN RED AND BLACK AT THE TOP. THE TOP OF THE HAT HAS A SMALL SQUARE OF BLUE FELT ATTACHED, AND THERE ARE TWO 2-PLY TWIST CORDS FOR TYING HAT TO HEAD ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR HEAD CAP. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.Illustrated Fig. 6, p. 55 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3). Painted design on hat identified there as suggesting a frog.

PUBLICATION: MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, S.I. PRESS, 1985, P. 144. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, 1987-89.FROM CARD: #2614 - COWLITZ TYPE BASKET. SEE USNM A.R. 1902, ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, O.T. MASON, PAGE 432. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 9, PG. 511." From second card: "[Identified as] Cowlitz? *Based on comparision with other specimens. *See USNM A.R. 1902, Aboriginal American Basketry, O.T. Mason, pg. 432. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 9, pg. 511." ILLUS. FIG. 10, P. 48 AND DISCUSSED P. 47 OF "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984 AND ID THERE AS COILED OVAL BASKET, COWLITZ, IMBRICATED DESIGN IN FOUR FIELDS. LID IS MISSING. PROBABLY COLLECTED FROM COWLITZ ON A TRIP BETWEEN PUGET SOUND AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER IN JUNE 1841.Illus. Fig. 9.10, p. 208 in Brotherton, Barbara. 2008. S'abadeb = The gifts : Pacific Coast Salish arts and artists. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press. Figure caption identifies as Cowlitz coiled and imbricated basket of cedar root, bear grass, and horsetail root. "The shape and use of four design fields mark it as an early Cowlitz style."

A BLACK-BRIMMED HAT. TIGHTLY WOVEN, CONICAL RAINPROOF HAT WHICH IS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE AT THE TOP. A HEAD CAP IS WOVEN IN THE INTERIOR FOR A CLOSER FIT. THE EXTERIOR IS PAINTED WITH A BROAD BLACK RIM BAND WITH ABSTRACTED FORMLINE DESIGNS IN RED AND BLACK AT THE TOP. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION. Note re photos: Neg. # 88-15534 is shot of hat from side.

FROM CARD: "LEDGER BOOK ID 204224 AS WALLET, QUINAULT. THIS BASKETRY WALLET WAS INCORRECTLY NUMBERED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SKIN RIM BINDING AS 204508. THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN TAG, "MISS E.T. HOUTZ COL., ACC-35837, ORIG-8" ALSO HAD CAT. NO. 204508. THE TRIBAL I.D. "CHEHALIS" WAS ADDED LATER IN PENCIL BY ANOTHER WRITER. THE HOUTZ ACCESSION PAPERS DO NOT MENTION ANY CHEHALIS SPECIMENS. THE ORIGINAL NUMBER 8 IS A WALLET, WASCO. INSIDE THE SKIN BINDING OF THIS WALLET ARE THE REMAINS OF A FORMER NUMBER IN INK"...224". THEREFORE THIS SPECIMEN HAS BEEN RE-NUMBERED CORRECTLY: 204224. SEE ALSO NOTE ON CAT. CARD #204224A." FROM CARD FOR E204224A: "204,224 A ... ORIGINAL CATALOGUE HAS NO LISTING OF 204224A; NOR DOES THE HOUTZ ACCESSION PAPERS MENTION ANY QUINAULT BASKETS. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A HOUTZ COLLECTION SPECIMEN."As of 2009, there are 2 baskets bearing the number 204224: E204224 and E204224A, and the cultural identifications for each appear unclear. The original Anthropology catalogue ledger book entry lists only one object for this number: original # 8, identified as a Quinault wallet (i.e. bag). E204224 is a flat basketry bag. Catalogue card now identifies it as Wasco, not Quinault, though it does not seem typical Wasco style. An old tag on the object also identifies it as possibly Chehalis. It is listed in the database under all three cultural identifications of Wasco, Quinault and Chehalis pending further study. E204224A is a cylindrical basketry bag. Catalogue card identifies it as Quinault, though it is not typical Quinault style (and seems more Columbia River style, possibly Wasco?) It is currently listed in the database under both cultural identifications of Quinault and Wasco pending further study.No catalog card found in card file