FROM CARD: "9244-54. NOS. 9244, 9250 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIGS. 34, 32; P. 394. [Both identified as canoe dishes in the publication.] 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."Canoe-form bowl or dish.

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." FROM CARD: "WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; RIM INLAID WITH OPERCULA. TRANSFERRED FROM ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM IN 1870. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."

Anthropology Catalogue ledger book entry for this object calls it "Bear's teeth ornament."

FROM CARD: "SMALL STICK, SURMOUNTING BY RED-BIRD TUFT AND ANNULAR SECTIONS OF SHELL, DENTALIUM INDIANORUM."Donor/collector information is in question. Catalogue card has conflicting information, listing donor as either Army Medical Museum or Wilkes Ex. Expd. (the U.S. Exploring Expedition) 1841. The Anthropology ledger books identify the object as from the U.S. Exploring Expedition, and do not mention the Army Medical Museum. However, Jane Walsh has not identified a Peale number for this object and does not consider this object to be part of the U.S. Exploring Expedition collections.

FROM CARD: "THE PROXIMAL END OF AN ANTLER, WITH A FACE CARVED ON ONE SIDE, FACING DOWN FROM THE END, AND OUTLINES OF THE FIGURE IN SQUATTING POSITION TOWARD THE FURTHER END, THE STEM HOLE COMING OUT AT THIS END AND FORMED FROM A NATURAL BRANCH OF THE ANTLER. THOUGH IT APPEARS TO HAVE ACCULTUREATED INFLUENCES, IT HAS N.W. COAST TECHNIQUES RATHER THAN ESKIMO.-KRIEGER & ELDER."

FROM CARD: "A BOX ENCLOSING PEBBLES OF CARVED WOOD, HAVING THE FORM OF A LONG CLAM, PARTLY OPEN WITH THE FLESH DRAWN BACK TOWARDS THE HINGE NEARLY HALF THE LENGTH OF THE SHELL. THE BOX IS FORMED IN THE FLESH PART."Listed on page 42 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".