From card: "Raven." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Exhibit Hall 9, case 33, where it was identified as a human-raven mask.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. Having an ear on a bird was common, the masks represents a transformed human or humanoid bird. This one has human eyebrows and a human forehead.

FROM CARD: "OF A BEAR DANCE OF THE GUSGEMOX. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 112-A; P. 474."

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD. DESIGN: AN ANIMAL'S HEAD PAINTED RED, GREEN, WHITE AND BLACK."

FROM CARD: "SEINE NEEDLES, AND SCRATCHERS ETC."Anthropology catalogue ledger book calls this Army Medical Museum # 439, but that number may not be correct. It may instead be 443 (or even 444)?

Comment from Graduate Student Research Paper, "A Report on Accession #42610 of the National Museum of Natural History", written by Athena Hsieh in April 2012, for the class "Anthropology in the Museum" taught by NMNH Curator, Dr. J. Daniel Rogers for the George Washington University. Approved for inclusion into notes by Dr. Igor Krupnik. Dr. Krupnik and NMNH has not verified the contents of the comment below, and suggests future researchers verify the remarks before citing Ms. Hsieh. The complete paper is attached to the accession record of this object in EMu. "This spoon is the second object in this collection described as Nootka in its documentation and is carved from a dark-colored wood. Though the individual who typed the catalog card wrote in a confident tone and stated his/her reasons for documenting the spoon as s/he did, no records on “B Isucker” were found in searches through the National Anthropological Archives or online search engines. However, subsequent internet searches revealed almost no images for “Nootka spoons,” but showed two examples of “Kwakiutl spoons,” both with curved handles and a bird's head carved into their ends, listed for auction(7). On the other hand, information written directly on the back of the spoon reads “Nootka, 231013, J.W. Swanton, L.P.X.” Since Swanton's middle initial is incorrect, it is difficult to completely trust the Nootka attribution assigned to this object. The straight beak on the bird suggests that the carving is of a raven, not an eagle, which in turn suggests that this spoon was made for and used by someone in the Raven lineage. The spoon was painted on both sides. A human figure, which may represent the Raven in human form, a motif commonly found in Northwest coast cultural objects, is painted on the back. The image painted in the bowl of the spoon remains unidentified. Citations: (7)- Christie's: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=2077540 Seahawk Auctions: http://www.seahawkauctions.com/auctions/25/page85.html"E-231013: Painted Wooden Spoon “Nootka, West Coast Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Carved from wood and painted in red and black. The end of the handle is carved in the form of a birds head. Spoon is undoubtedly of Southern Kwakiutl manufacture, on basis of painting, and because Nootka did not make wooden spoon or ladles but bought them from Kwaks. B Isucker.” (Catalog card)

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK. BELONGING TO 2 MASKS NO. 169105-6."

FROM CARD: "IMITATED IN STRAW PLAIT. 2/13/67 - 2 LOCATED MARKED A & B."

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOODEN KILLER WHALE WITH LONG FLAT UPRIGHT BACK FIN. PAINTED BLACK. MADE TO WEAR ON TOP OF HEAD, WITH CORDS FOR TYING UNDER WEARER'S CHIN. 'FORMERLY PROPERTY OF OLD SHAKES [Sheiyksh], FORMER CHIEF OF THE NANYAAYI [Naanya.aayí].' ILLUS. BAE AR 26, 1904-05, FIG. 104, P. 418."

FROM CARD: "WIDE, TRUNCATED CONE SHAPED, OF CEDAR BARK, IN TWILLED TWINED WEAVING, (MODIFIED). NATURAL COLOR, HEADBAND INSIDE AND COTTON CLOTH TIES. VERY FINE TIGHT WEAVING, IN FINE CONDITION. (11/1963)."Object is a woman's hat from Yakutat Tlingit, Port Mulgrave, per Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 1168.Alan Zuboff, an elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24. This object is a working hat and would not be used as at.oow (clan property).