FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM BLOCK OF CLAY SLATE. (DUPLICATE. COPIED FROM CATALOG BOOK).Argillite ship panel pipe with bone or ivory inlay, rows of windows?, and two human figures with bone or ivory heads.It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by Dr. John Evans during his surveying in Oregon and Washington Territories and Vancouver Island, 1851-1852 or 1853-1856?

FROM CARD: "1 SHAFT IN 2 PIECES. SEE ANDREWS, "INDIAN PRIMITIVE", P. 15 TOP."

From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Coarse weave and imbrication; brilliant dyes on lid; [drawings of design on card here, resembling stacked triangles pointing up and pointing down] on side."

WICKERWORK BASKET WITH LID MADE BY MRS. ISABELL IDES, P.O. BOX 197, SOOES BEACH, NEAH BAY, WASHINGTON 98357 IN 1981. WHALE AND BOAT/CANOE DESIGN WITH BIRDS IN DYED BLUE AND RED WEFT SPLINTS. COMBINATION OF PLAIN AND TWINED WICKERWORK. LID HAS RED AND BLUE STAR DESIGN SURROUNDING LID KNOB. SOME FADING OF BLUE DYE ON LID TOP. BOTTOM OF BASKET SIGNED ISABELL IDES, AUGUST 1981, $40.00. PAPER TAG GLUED TO BOTTOM WITH MAKER'S NAME AND ADDRESS. ACQUIRED BY E. BARRIE KAVASCH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT.