Described p. 104 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Bear-skin Cloak. Indian name, "Artleitquitl." Worn by natives when whaling or fishing, or in wet weather on shore. 74 by 43 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan."

From card: "A very remarkable carving in gray sandstone representing a kneeling woman evidently in the act of giving birth to some animal. The carving no doubt represents an episode from some myth. One of the best examples of native American stone sculpture." Illus. Pl. 15b, after p. 24, in B.A.E. Bulletin 124, "Nootka and Quileute Music" by Frances Densmore. Densmore also describes it on pp. 31-32 of that publication. Densmore states that she showed a photo of this artifact to her Makah informants in 1926, and Young Doctor identified it as made by Santiano, a medicine man who died around 1909: "... one of Santiano's fancy sinkers that he used on his fishline. The old fellow was handy at carving and had several of them. Young Doctor remembered this one and said that Santiano had pounded a nail in the top of the head to fasten his fishline to it. ... He said further that the little animal clasped in the arms of the figure looked like a baby hair seal and that Santiano obtained the rocks for his carvings from a place at Warm House. Apparently the figure represents a creature to which the Makah attributed the characteristic of a mermaid."

From card: "Weave - Diagonal twined weaving. Materials - Vine maple." [Small photo of basket is glued to back of card.]

From card: "The Quileute Indians learned the make of these baskets some 40 years ago [i.e. about 40 years prior to 1917]. Soft rush twine; zigzag pattern." [card has drawing of pattern.]

LEDGER SAYS SENT ROCHESTER ATHANAEUM, 1903.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN NAT./MUS. REPT 1884, P1. XVII, P. 306 ALSO IN USNM REPT, 1902; FIG. 103; P. 309, AND PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 60; P1. 7, NO. 7; P. 48."

FROM CARD: "LABEL READS: "CHINOOK, SHOALWATER BAY, WASH." OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED ON P. 9 OF DAVID IVES BUSHNELL, "DRAWINGS BY GEORGE GIBBS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 1849-1851," SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 97.8 (1938). - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. Bushnell indicated object was collected by George Gibbs probably in 1850 or 1851.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.