FROM CARD: "INDIAN MATTING.--CEDAR BARK, PLAID WITH BLACK AND NATURAL COLOR. DIMENSIONS 5 FEET 9 INCHES BY 5 FEET 6 INCHES. FORT WRANGEL, ALASKA, 1872. 11,393. COLLECTED BY VINCENT COLYER."SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY [1 of 3] SENT TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1885.

FROM CARD: "20804-6. WOVEN OF WOOL OF THE MOUNTAIN GOAT AND DOG HAIR [sic]." THIS ARTIFACT WAS LENT (UNDER INCORRECT CATALOGUE NUMBER OF 219504) TO CROSSROADS SEP 22, 1988. LOAN RETURNED JAN 21, 1993. ILLUS: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE, FIG. 281, P. 216." FROM CROSSROADS CATALOGUE: "THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS ROBE OF NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN NOBILITY IN THE 19TH CENTURY WAS THE CHILKAT BLANKET. HIGHLY STYLIZED DESIGNS IN DYED MOUNTAIN GOAT WOOL WERE WOVEN INTO THE TEXTILE, THE WARP OF WHICH WAS WOOL WITH A CEDAR BARK CORE. HERE THE CENTRAL PANEL REPRESENTS THE KILLER WHALE. THE CREATURE'S HEAD IS AT THE BOTTOM, THE TAIL AT THE TOP, AND THE TWO SIDES OF THE DORSAL FIN EXTEND OUTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL FACE, WHICH REPRESENTS THE BLOWHOLE. THE BOTTOM FRINGES OF THE BLANKET ARE NEARLY AS LONG AS THE HEIGHT OF THE WOVEN PANEL." Illus. Fig. 437, p. 198, and Fig. 438, p. 199, in The Chilkat Dancing Blanket, by Cheryl Samuel, University of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Blanket 20805 is similar (same?) design to the one Illus. Fig. 572a, p. 382, in "The Chilkat Blanket" by George T. Emmons, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 3, part 4, 1907. There is a photo of this object on display in the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904, USNM Negative No. 16465. See Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 62B, Folder 12, Image No. SIA_000095_B62B_F12_010 .Per Repatriation Office research, as reported in the Tlingit case report (Hollinger et al. 2005), in 1875 James Swan purchased this dancing blanket of the type commonly known as a Chilkat blanket from an unknown person probably in Wrangell, Alaska.Florence Sheakley, elder, and Shgen George, weaver, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This blanket still has it's ties so it could be worn. This object is not made with woolly dog hair, but rather mountain goat guard hairs. The hairs are stiff and thick, which makes them hair and not wool.

From card: "Made of heavy micaceous schist; made in shape of ulu with hole for grip but too heavy and blunt; has the appearance of having been made quite recently. Illus. in The Far North catalog, Nat. Gall. of Art, 1973, p. 197. [Identified there as possibly a chopper.] The collector had thought this was from the Kolushan people."

From card: "(A & D) Illus. Bu. Ethno. Ann. Report #26, p. 420, fig. 106. Note: Apparently prior to Dec. 1969 these specimens had not been numbered. The former dimensions and quantity (1) were also in error as shown in the old catalog book. Previous attributions to James Swan now seem to have little basis. -GP (George Phebus). Bear crest designs. See: The Far North, Nat'l. Gallery of Art, Washington, 1973, Pl. 235, pg. 188-189 (where all 4 are illustrated). Loaned to the National Gallery of Art October 20, (19)72. Returned 5-29-(19)73. A & C Loaned to Renwick 7/28/(19)82. Returned 1983. (Excerpt from exhibit catalogue for Renwick exhibit, called Celebration, A World of Art and Ritual, is taped to back of card. Objects are described as: "House screens, ca. 1850-1900, Tlingit Indians; Wrangell, Alaska, wood, fiber lashing, red and black paint, non-Indian frames." ... cont., see card.According to Eric Hollinger, Repatriation Office, Feb. 2007, E233498 was originally a pair of house screens measuring 7ft by 14 ft each. Both screens were sawed in half after they arrived at the museum and framed. Red borders were painted on each of the four sections and the same red paint was then applied to touch-up the red paint of the figures (based on Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute XRF analysis). Screen E233498A originally articulated with E233498D but they were separated when they were sawed in two within the museum. E233498A was on the left and E233498D was on the right. E233498B was originally articulated with E233498C before it also was sawed in two pieces within the museum. E233498B was on the right side and E233498C was on the left side. The screens were purchased by John R. Swanton from Mrs. Robert Shadesty in Wrangell, Alaska in 1904. See the Repatriation Office Tlingit case report (Hollinger et al. 2005).Florence Sheakley, Shirley Kendall, and Alan Zuboff, all three elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Screens like these were used in houses to separate compartments, with screens in the back and the front of the house. Florence gives the Tlingit word for these screens (rv_Tlingit_20170320_004; 9:59). Alan pointed out that since there was no smoke line or sun bleaching, they were likely used indoors. Shirley commented that screens like this were no longer being made when she was growin up.

FROM CARD: "ONE PAW IS BROWN AND MEASURES 9" LONG. THE OTHER IS GREY AND 11" LONG. BOTH ARE LABELLED U. AMERICANUS [American black bear = Ursus americanus]."