FROM CARD: "INNER BARK OF WHITE CEDAR. WORN IN WET WEATHER. DANISH NATL MU 1868."Records in the SI Archives of the Office of Distribution (and catalog card) say this was transferred to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1867, but apparently either this is incorrect or it was later returned to the Museum.

From card: "Obtained through contact with Quinault Indians. Cross-warp-twine work, called by the Quileutes "lace basket". Loop edge. Gay color splints drawn through upright warps."

A BLACK-BRIMMED HAT. TIGHTLY WOVEN, CONICAL RAINPROOF HAT WHICH IS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE AT THE TOP. A HEAD CAP IS WOVEN IN THE INTERIOR FOR A CLOSER FIT. THE EXTERIOR IS PAINTED WITH A BROAD BLACK, AND BLUISH-BLACK BANDS, WITH FORMLINE DESIGNS IN RED AND BLACK AT THE TOP. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.Illustrated Fig. 7, p. 56 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3). Re the design painted on the hat Ostapkowicz notes that it is a "Two-toned black-brimmed hat. ... The formline design suggests a split, bulbous-headed creature with a fluked tail, perhaps a whale."

FROM CARD: "TROCADERO JULY 1885."From old James G. Swan tag with artifact: "8 bdls grass & rag cords. Used in mat manufacture (Clallam Indians). [Additional note on tag in another hand:] 2 of grass twine."It appears E23513 and E23514 may have been combined during cataloguing or not long after? 23513 per the ledger book was 8 bundles of grass and rag cords used in mat manufacture, etc.. 23514 was supposed to be 2 bundles of grass twine used in mat manufacture, etc.. There is currently no catalogue card for 23513, nor are there artifacts bearing that number. Also, the old James Swan tag currently with the cords # E23514 appears to describe both 23513 and 23514. Smithsonian records indicate some at least of 23514 (or 23513?) went to the Trocadero Museum in July of 1885. It is unclear if what remains in the Anthropology collections constitutes 23514, 23513 or some combination of both?See Cat. 107 p. 191 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. Entry is on Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.78, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E23514. This object appears to include at least some red fibers along with the grass.

From card for 299079-80: "Used during Tsayega fisherman ceremonial. Bird, carved in two parts. Stained red."