From card: "Twined. Decorative elements are introduced red and green bands."Catalogued as Makah, Washington state. However, it has an old original label attached "Alberti [Alberni??] B.C. [British Columbia] 2.00".

From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Fancy weaving in which bands of warp alternate with solid twining; material rush, forming softer texture."

Peale catalogue describes # 400 (E2558) and #401 (E8780) as "Shell necklace worn by the natives of the Straits of de Fuca. 401A (E2559) A duplicate made of fresh water shells." Necklace consists of 112 shells."Straits of de Fuca" presumably refers to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is the waterway stretching from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the San Juan Islands on the east, with Vancouver Island to the north and the Olympic Peninsula to the south. Puget Sound is the narrower waters south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The international boundary between the United States and Canada runs down the center of the Strait.

From card: "Adze, chisel & 3 awls. Iron blade of modern type with highly specialized handhold attached by leather strap: illus. in Proceedings, USNM vol. 60; Pl. 15, no. 10; p. 48. Adze Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 1u, pg. 2.Listed on page 48 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".

LEDGER AND SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY 1 OF 2 SENT TO PEABODY MUSEUM, HARVARD, MASS. 1888. SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY [how many?]SENT TO OBERLIN, OH, 1889. As of July 2009, 4 pieces remain in the collection.