Incised and carved relief decoration, front and back, including floral and leaf motifs, compass-drawn motifs, cross-hatching.

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; "DEPOSITED." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CAT. NOS. 666; 2139; 2141-2143; 2711, COLLECTED BY CAPT. CHARLES WILKES, U.S.N., AND GEORGE GIBBS. BASKETRY OF NORTHWESTERN SALISHAN TRIBES. TEXTURE IN THE BIRD-CAGE STITCH COMMON TO THIS AREA. THERE IS A VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ELEMENT OF COARSE TWINE, AND THESE ARE HELD TOGETHER BY A WHIPPING OF GRASS, IN NATURAL COLOR AND DYED. GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND ANIMAL FIGURES SERVE AS ORNAMENTS."

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."Incised relief decoration inside and out, including compass-drawn motifs.It may be presumed that this object was probably collected by George Gibbs during his time on the Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1860?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: "DEPOSITED WITH SMITHSONIAN INST."

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."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: "LABEL READS: "CHINOOK, SHOALWATER BAY, WASH." OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED ON P. 9 OF DAVID IVES BUSHNELL, "DRAWINGS BY GEORGE GIBBS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 1849-1851," SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 97.8 (1938). - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. Bushnell indicated object was collected by George Gibbs probably in 1850 or 1851.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.

OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED ON P. 8 ("A") OF DAVID IVES BUSHNELL, "DRAWINGS BY GEORGE GIBBS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 1849-1851," SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 97.8 (1938). - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. Bushnell identifies animal figure on handle as representing a raccoon, Procyon lotor, with the eyes indicated by copper inlays and identifies object as collected by George Gibbs probably in 1850 or 1851. See p. 386 of Gilman, Carolyn; 2003; Lewis and Clark across the divide; Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, where this object is illustrated and described. Identified there as handle for a straight adze, animal leg bone, Chinookan, pre-1850, collected at the mouth of the Columbia River, designed for use with a steel blade. Animal figure carved on the end. The type used for carving canoes.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: "DEPOSITED."