From card: "Made in the shape of a bottle."

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".

"Complete outfit" including harpoon, floats, bailer, and paddles (paddles missing) is catalog numbers 72936-72940.From card: "Boat model carved from a single piece of wood, painted black around the edges. some red along the gunwales and end. Six wooden figures, all but two carved as part of boat, others separate and attached. Loan: Crossroads Sep 22 1988. Loan returned: Jan 21 1993. Illus. Crossroads of Continents catalogue [with E72937, E72938, and E38882]; Fig. 215, p. 170."This model is described on p. 888 of Collins' Boat Ms.. James Swan is quoted there as identifying maker of this boat as a Makah man named "Nat".

Identified as Twana type by Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 11-6-2007.

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

FROM CARD: "23383-6. TRIMMED WITH FUR OF SEA OTTER. 23385 -- [negative number] 77-445."Long bark cape with fur trim.