Note: This object is identified on catalogue card as being from the "Kutznoo" Tlingit. In the accession record information from the donor "Kutznoo" is spelled "Kootznoo" (a.k.a. Kootznahoo). Accession record calls this "Piece of bone carving, charm carried on breast, Kootznoo tribe of Indians" and also gives latitude and longitude - Lat 57° 30' N, Long 134° - 21'-30 W.

FROM CARD: "CEREMONIAL MASK.--CARVED FROM WOOD. EYES AND EYEBROWS PAINTED BLACK. RED AND BLUE FIGURES PAINTED ON CHEEKS AND FOREHEAD. A METAL RING PIERCES THE NOSE. WORN IN DANCES. LENGTH, 6 3/4 INCHES; WIDTH, 6 1/4 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 9,937. COLLECTED BY CAPT. HENRIQUES."

FROM CARD: "TWO BLADED DAGGER. MADE OF IRON, ONE BLADE LONG AND TAPERING, THE OTHER SHORT. THE UPPER OR OUTER SIDE OF EACH BLADE IS DIVIDED INTO THREE FLAT SURFACES, AND IN HIGHLY-FINISHED EXAMPLES THE MIDDLE SURFACE IS RAISED SLIGHTLY. GRIP BETWEEN THE BLADES NARROWED AND WRAPPED WITH CLOTH OR LEATHER. HAS NOTCHES CUT INTO THE BLADES AND ALSO RIVETS OF BRASS SET IN. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60, ART. 9; P1. 34, NO. 9; P. 48. LOANED TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART OCTOBER 20, 1972. RETURNED 5-29-73. ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 261. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 12 LEFT, PG. 217."Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These knives feature a Raven crest, and was not used for carving, but instead used for war.

FROM OLD LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GAMBLING STICKS.--MADE OF WOOD; TWENTY NINE IN NUMBER, WITH BUCKSKIN BAG. MOST OF THE STICKS HAVE A DISTINCTIVE MARK. LENGTH, 5 INCHES; WIDTH, 3/8 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 9,939. COLLECTED BY CAPT. HENRIQUES. EXPLANATION OF GAME.--EACH PLAYER, IN TURN, SELECTS A NUMBER OF STICKS FROM HIS BAG AND PLACES THEM UNDER A HEAP OR HEAPS OF BARK TOW. HIS OPPONENT THEN GUESSES WHETHER THIS NUMBER IS EVEN OR ODD, OR IN WHICH OF TWO PILES A CERTAIN STICK IS HIDDEN. ACCORDING AS HIS GUESS IS A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE, HE GAINS OR LOSES ONE OR MORE STICKS. THIS IS KEPT UP UNTIL ONE OF THE PLAYERS LOSSES HIS ENTIRE SET AND THUS FORFEITS THE ARTICLE BET UPON THE GAME. THE TLINGITS ARE INVETERATE GAMBLERS."Virginia Oliver made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This gambling set features an abalone inlay on the ends of some of the gambling sticks.