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From card: "The Quileute Indians learned the make of these baskets some 40 years ago [i.e. about 40 years prior to 1917]. Loop edge; star pattern."
FROM CARD: "SAPPORO MUS. 1/26/95."Note, object was catalogued as Port Townsend, Washington, which is where collector Swan was based at that time. The accession record lists "Specimens of table mats from Sitka." as part of this accession. This object may be one of those pieces, and thus possibly Tlingit?A list in Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 186, Box 11, Distribution 5103, indicates a mat and three baskets catalogue number 13111 were sent as part of an exchange to the Annecy Museum, Haute-Savoie, France, March 1887.
This basket is small and almost flat-- looks like it might be a lid, but it doesn't fit any of the other baskets in this catalog number. It is also made with a finer and lighter color reed than the others. Might be misnumbered.
FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED. MADE OF FANCY GIGANTIA."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.] Grass and cedar root. Openwork bands on solid weaving birds in black."
From card: "Animal head carved at end of grip. Used to kill fish."