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FROM CARD: "MATTING.---WOVEN OF RUSHES. LENGTH 17 FEET 6 INCHES. WIDTH 2 FEET 2 INCHES. CLALLAM INDIANS, WASHINGTON TER., 1876. 23,434. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
FROM CARD: "MAPLE? MADE BY MAKAH INDIANS. *SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD, HOLLOWED OUT, OVAL, MAN'S FACE ON ONE END, ALSO ARMS; FISH HEAD ON OTHER END. ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIM A SECTION HAS BEEN CHEWED OUT."Inscription on bottom of object: "Dish for holding food; Makah Indians; Neeah Bay W. T.; Jan 1864; J G Swann."
SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO PEABODY MUSEUM, HARVARD, MASS. 1887. As of 2010, 2 arrows with this catalog number are found in the collection. Originally, there were 5 arrows and a bow, so presumably the other 3 arrows and the bow were the items sent to Peabody.
From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917]. Used specimen. Design two birds and [card has drawing of a zigzag type design]."
FROM CARD: "FOR MAKING MATS."
FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BASKET STRAP.---A BAND MADE OF YARN OF VARIOUS COLORS WOVEN IN ZIG-ZAG DESIGNS, WITH A PLAITED ROPE ATTACHED TO ONE END. USED TO FACILITATE THE CARRYING OF HEAVILY LADEN BASKETS. THE ROPES ARE FASTENED TO THE BASKET, WHICH IS HELD ON THE BACK BY THE WOVEN STRAP PLACED OVER THE FOREHEAD OF THE CARRIER. WIDTH, 2 3/4 INCHES. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 23,471. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."