FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED." Illus. p. 255 and discussed p. 255 and p. 383 in Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books.For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.

From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Raphia; designs birds on side."

FROM CARD: "23383-6. TRIMMED WITH FUR OF SEA OTTER. 23386 -- [negative number] 77-444." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BLANKET.--MADE OF BARK, AND TRIMMED WITH FUR OF THE SEA OTTER AND A WOVEN BORDER OF GRAY HAIR. MAKAH INDIANS (WAKASHAN STOCK), NEAH BAY, WASHINGTON, 1876. 23,386. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Catalog card seems to indicate that catalog number 23386 applies to only one blanket. However, 2 are found in the collection with this number (now part numbers E23386-0 and E23386-1). Perhaps one is misnumbered.

FROM CARD: "BASKET IN UNFINISHED STATE. AN ALASKAN WOODEN DISH WAS INCORRECTLY PUBLISHED WITH THIS NUMBER IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 174. THE CORRECT NUMBER OF THE DISH IS 11262."

From card: "All imbrication, suggested through contact with Quinault (Salish). Loop edge. Old and worn specimen; [card has drawing of pattern]."

From card: "With 72836 went a long partially curved stick which was returned from Cultural History. 4/15/82."

FROM CARD: "ASSIGNED TO DIV. OF PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY DEC. 4, 1900. LENT TO MR. THOMAS WILSON. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION JANUARY 28, 1897."Among the information written on the artifact itself is "W.T.", i.e. Washington Territory.

From card: "Coiled. Imbricated. 7 stitches and 4 coils to the inch. Berry basket."