From card: "Ilus. in USNM Rept 1895; fig. 202, p. 652. 11/1963 All that is left is a well carved human head showing where hair tufts had once been inserted all over the top, and hollow back where the rattle element had been held in by a piece of leather fastened over the hole (just edges of leather left. Stem at the neck point appears to indicated that something else was once fastened on. Loan: R. H. Lowie Museum 12/31/64, loan returned feb 15, 1966." Identified in USNM Annual Report for 1895 figure caption as "Part of a headdress representing the Olala." On p. 653 of this publication it is noted about 89038, 89039, 89072 and 89073: "In his dances the olala of all the northern tribes use headdresses which represent a corpse...." From second (newer) card: "Made of carved wood in two longitudinal sections. Design: Head of "Oala" [sic, should be Olala, Oolala, Ulala] (The mountain demon). Tufts of hair are secured in small holes in top and back of head. A square hole is inserted in back of head and the neck is fitted to attach it to a staff. Illust. in USNM Rept., 1895, fig. 202, p. 652. Loaned to the Whitney Museum of American Art 9-10-71. Returned ... 2-9-72."Provenience note: Swan list for this object in accession file, under #91 on list of objects collected at Skidegate, Skedans, Laskeek, and Fort Simpson, B.C. in the summer of 1883, identifies it as collected at Skedans, and calls it "old head of Oolalla."

From card: "Carved wood, in two longitudinal sections. There is a passage from end to end and a wooden double reed packed in the tail. The two sections lashed together. Design: Orca the whale killer (a.k.a. killerwhale), its eyes and nostrils are inlaid with copper. The upper part of body is stained black, the lower part the natural color of the wood."

From card: ""... with white hair, moveable [movable] eyes and with Staie or labret in under lib [sic, should be lip]." Swan's descriptive catalogue."Provenience note: Swan list for this object in accession file, under #63 on list of objects collected at Skidegate, Skedans, Laskeek, and Fort Simpson, B.C. in summer 1883, identifies it as collected at Skedans, as does the Anthropology catalogue ledger book. The Fort Simpson location on the catalogue card appears to be an error.

From card: "Carved wood. Design: A human head with deeply sunken eyes. "Oala" [sic, should be Olala, Oolala, Ulala] (Mountain demon). A section is sliced from the back of the head which forms the cover to the cavity excavated in the head. The holes in back of head are for tufts of hair. The neck is fitted to be attached to a staff. Illust. in USNM Rept., 1895, fig. 203, p. 652. Loaned to the Whitney Museum of American Art 9-10-71. Returned ... 2-9-72." Identified in USNM Annual Report for 1895 figure caption as "Part of a headdress representing the Olala." On p. 653 of this publication it is noted about 89038, 89039, 89072 and 89073: "In his dances the olala of all the northern tribes use headdresses which represent a corpse...."Provenience note: Swan list for this object in accession file, under #92 on list of objects collected at Skidegate, Skedans, Laskeek, and Fort Simpson, B.C. in the summer of 1883, identifies it as collected at Skedans, and calls it "old head of Oolalla."