FROM CARD: "ANIMAL-FORM BOWL; CARVED IN RELIEF; PAINTED BLACK, WHITE, RED, AND BLUE. LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76." FROM CARD: "21599. FROM: PAGE 48, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY; SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 24. ANIMAL-FORM BOWL WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; PAINTED BLACK, WHITE, RED, AND BLUE. LENGTH: 13 1/2 ALASKA. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN CATALOGED MARCH 2, 1876."

FROM CARD: "BIRD'S HEAD WITH A VERY LONG BEAK WITH A MOVABLE JAW, WITH LONG STRINGS OF CEDAR BARK HANGING FROM LOWER PART OF HEAD AND TUFTED ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD. PAINTED BLACK EXCEPT FRONT PART OF THE HEAD, AND THE EYE, NOSTRIL AND EDGES OF THE BEAK OUTLINED IN RED. USED IN THE FOURTH DANCE. REFER TO: USNM. REP. 1895, PL. 78, P. 449. ILLUS.: P. 67, PL.30, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982. LOANED TO RENWICK 12/3/81. RETURNED 1983. CANNIBAL CRANE MASK, CA. 1880-94. NAKWOKTAK KWAKIUTL INDIANS; FORT RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. CEDAR; RED, WHITE, AND BLACK PAINT; SHREDDED CEDAR BARK; NATIVE CEDAR TWINE; IRON PLATE AND RIVETS 38 1/2 X 61 1/2 X 7 (97.8 X 156.2 X 17.9) NMNH 169106; COLLECTED BY FRANZ BOAS. THE KWAKIUTL SAW MYRIAD FORCES AT WORK IN THE WORLD, ALL NEEDING TO BE BALANCED. THROUGH RITUAL THIS BALANCE WAS ACHIEVED. THE CANNIBAL CRANE WAS A MYTHICAL CREATURE THAT PREYED UPON MEN, JUST AS MAN PREYS UPON OTHER CREATURES FOR HIS FOOD. DURING THE LONG, COMPLEX WINTER CEREMONIALS, THESE CREATURES APPEARED IN THE HUMAN WORLD, THREATENING TO BRING DESTRUCTION TO THE HUMAN SOCIAL ORDER. TO ALLAY THEM, HUMANS REAFFIRMED THROUGH THEIR RESPONSIBILITES TO THE SPIRITS. CONT.SEE CARD.According to Marianne Nicolson (artist/researcher), Brian Nicolson and Mike Willie of the Dzawada'enuxw First Nation of British Columbia, "this represents a huxwhukw, a type of crane which may be extinct."Ho'xhoku Mask.

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.

CARVED OF COWHORN (ACCORDING TO R. LINTON, 1953). RELIEF CARVING ON HANDLE: 3INSETS OF ABALONE SHELL, 4TH SETTING EMPTY. CARVED HUMAN FACE. HOLE IN TIP OF BOWL.

From card: "Small bundle of spruce roots stained blue (mud stain?)"

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 26, FIG. 110; P. 286."

Mask was originally catalogued as "Koloshian", but identification was later changed to Haida at an unknown time by an unknown person. “Carved wooden masks. These of women represent the face of an Alaska married woman. The lower lip pierced with large piece of ivory. The married women are recognized by this feature (and ring in nose.)” And, mask “is a facsimile of the face of the ordinary Alaska Indian woman (the lower lip pierced) all married woman observe this custom but a shirt silver needle or pin would better represent prevailing custom, excepting in women somewhat advanced in years.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.

Listed on page 49 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 (Tools)".

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."