From old James G. Swan label glued onto artifact: "Indian wedge made of elk horn. Plowed up by Judge Albert Briggs Feb. 2_ [25? 29?] 1873 on his farm Port Townsend, W.T."

Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".From card, for E131001-0 and E131001-1: "Fibrolite? & slate."

From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917]. Design four birds."

From card: "Le Ko-ten. Goes with float #130986." As of 2009, there are 3 objects with this number. Note re photos: Neg. # 2009-4897 is photo of 1 hook only.Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".

FROM CARD: "SOFT BASKET, OLD WEAVING. MADE OF ? OVERLAID WITH GRASS STRIPS AND STRIPS OF DYED. IT IS SAID ON PUGET SOUND THAT ONLY TWO OLD SKOKOMISH WEAVERS ARE LEFT, HENCE BASKETS ARE VALUABLE."