FROM CARD: "ARGILLITE. INVENTORIED 1980."

FROM CARD: "THE CATALOGUE CALLS IT "A CARVED WOODEN IMAGE WITH HAIR". EVIDENTLY A PART OF A CARVED WOODEN RATTLE, THE BACK AND HANDLE MISSING. DESIGN A SEATED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A GROTESQUE HUMAN FACE. HUMAN HAIR IS INSERTED IN TUFTS ON THE TOP AND BACK OF THE HEAD; ALSO AS A MOUSTACHE AND CHIN WHISKERS."

FROM CARD: "MADE OF A SINGLE PIECE OF BUCKSKIN CUT INTO A FRINGE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS ORNAMENTED WITH SECTIONS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT'S HOOF AND BRASS THIMBLES. AT THE TOP IS A WOVEN BORDER OF PORCUPINE QUILLS TWO INCHES WIDE. FURTHER ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC DESIGNS. WORN BY MEDICINE MAN."

FROM CARD: "9244-54. NOS. 9244, 9250 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIGS. 34, 32; P. 394. 9244, 9248, 9252, 9253, 9254: THESE 5 SPECIMENS WERE LENT TO RENWICK "BOXES AND BOWLS" EXHIBITION ON 11-7-73. RETURNED 8-24-76. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. (SEE FRONT OF CARD). LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."Listed on page 43 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

FROM CARD: 8944 A,B,C,D. NAME: *CHOP STICKS [sic], EATING STICKS. *BERRY SPOONS. REMARKS: CARVED WHALEBONE. 1 AND 2 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 41, FIG. 224; P. 318. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N106, P.156. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25, 1988."Entry on E8944A - D in Army Medical Museum ledger book for Section 6, Miscellaneous Section, under A.M.M. number 378: Received October 29, 1869, from Bvt. Col. A.H. Hoff, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A. - "Two pairs of "chop-sticks" [sic] - implements use by the Indians about Sitka in taking their food."Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Originally the design on this spoon was used as a filler design, but today people attribute it to Deisheetan clan, who have a bear design. The presence of a finger design suggests this object comes from Kaagwaantaan clan. This is part of a set that includes E8944A-0, E8944B-0, E8944C-0, E8944D-0

FROM CARD: 8944 A,B,C,D. NAME: *CHOP STICKS [sic], EATING STICKS. *BERRY SPOONS. REMARKS: CARVED WHALEBONE. 1 AND 2 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 41, FIG. 224; P. 318. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N106, P.156. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25, 1988."Entry on E8944A - D in Army Medical Museum ledger book for Section 6, Miscellaneous Section, under A.M.M. number 378: Received October 29, 1869, from Bvt. Col. A.H. Hoff, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A. - "Two pairs of "chop-sticks" [sic] - implements use by the Indians about Sitka in taking their food."Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Originally the design on this spoon was used as a filler design, but today people attribute it to Deisheetan clan, who have a bear design. The presence of a finger design suggests this object comes from Kaagwaantaan clan. This is part of a set that includes E8944A-0, E8944B-0, E8944C-0, E8944D-0

FROM CARD: "ONE BLACK AND 1 WHITE. COLLECTED BY DR. A. H. HOFF, U. S. A."

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FROM CARD: "SEATED FIGURE OF A MAN, WITH ONE HAND RAISED AND THE OTHER HUNG DOWN. BACK CARVED TO REPRESENT THE SPINAL COLUMN. ATTACHED TO THE HEAD IS FULL TUFT OF HAIR. PAINTED BURNT RED AND SOME BLACK. AS USUAL MADE IN TWO PARTS LENGTHWISE SO THE HOLLOW CAN HAVE BEANS OR OTHERWISE TO SERVE AS A RATTLE. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 58, FIG. 303; P. 330. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 370, P.271. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Crossroads of Continents catalogue caption identifies: "Shaman's rattle, Tlingit. This rattle may represent the shaman himself or one of his spirits. His collarbones and vertebrae are sculpted in relief. The grinning face and animated posture of his detailed hands give vitality to the figure. Human hair forms his moustache, beard, and hair, which is long and disheveled in the manner of Tlingit shamans. Asymmetrical paint designs on the face are also typical of shamans."