FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED." Illus. p. 255 and discussed p. 255 and p. 383 in Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books.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: "Carrying basket. A very fine old specimen purchased from Dr and Mrs A. J. Comstock, Ventura Cal. It has been in their collection for many years."

LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1/5 SENT TO TROCADERO, FRANCE. 1885. LEDGER, CATALOG CARD, AND SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO E. LOVETT, GREAT BRITAIN. 1888.See Cat. 151 p. 204 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. It indicates that the object formerly E74189 that was exchanged with the Trocadero Museum has not been located in the Musee Du Quai Branly collections.

From card: "Introduced recently [basket was catalogued in 1917] (through Makah) among Quileute Indians. All made by Quileute women. Quileutes call these the "standing up" baskets. Twilled maple splints; no dye."

From card: "Flexible vertical cylinder, sloping slightly toward the flat base, plain twined weaving, decorated in vertical rows of concentric rectangles, and animal figure around top edge; braided rim with shallow loops is partly broken. Obtained about 1900. Reference: Mason, p. 234, fig. 15, pl. 164." Per Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 11-6-2007, the concentric rectangles in the design represent puppy pens and the animal figures with upcurved tails near the pens depict dogs.