From card: "Though the accession papers give no clue as to which village these came from, Mr. H.W. Krieger had indicated they were from Sitka. (basis for information unknown.) In Acc. 41,185 in a letter dated 12/7/1903 Dr. Dorsey, who collected these items, says that he knows of no other similar ones which have ever been taken from Alaska, and that at that time there are not more than half a dozen left in the territory. Therefore rare. This is one of the two unpainted specimens. Carved. One of a pair. "Immense hewn slabs of cedar, handsomely carved. xxx in practically perfect condition, owing to the fact that they are inside house-posts, and consequently have never been exposed to the weather." (Dr. G. A. Dorsey)

Provenience uncertain. Catalogue lists locality as Aleutian Islands, but object was later reidentified as Northwest Coast/Tlingit?.Listed on page 46 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: "CARVED DESIGN. "GAUGE CARRIED ON THE WING OF A RAVEN." RATTLE. PAINTED BY MR. WALTERS. 9/8/70 LOANED TO NAT. GALL. ARTS. 9/22/70 RETURNED FROM NGA."

A box drum. Note re photos: Neg. # 96-20094 shows side 1, and 96-20095 shows side 2, of this box drum's painted sides.Per Repatriation Office research, as reported in the Tlingit case report (Hollinger et al. 2005), this drum was purchased by John R. Swanton from Mrs. Robert Shadesty in Wrangell, Alaska in 1904.This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=304 , retrieved 12-30-2011: Box drum Drums sound out the heartbeat of grief, as expressed in the Killer Whale mourning song. Box drums accompany singing during funerals and at the memorial ku.éex' (memorial potlatch) ceremonies that come later. The box drum is a wide plank of red cedar, steamed and bent at the corners, with a separate top piece attached by nails. The painted design represents the Killer Whale. Box drums were traditionally suspended from the ceiling of a lineage house and played by young men; the technique is to hit the inside with fist or fingers to vary the volume and tone.Listed on page 44 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".

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".

FROM CARD: ""SMILING" FACE: PAINTED BLUE; BLACK EYEBROWS; SLANTED SLIT EYES, MOUTH AND ROW OF VERTICAL LINES ON FOREHEAD ARE RED. LEATHER TIES IN BACK."

Stemmed, shouldered and barbed arrow heads (obsidian). One located. Four loaned to Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (Rocky Reach Dam). One returned; three missing. NOTE: determined to be lost while on loan- R. Andrews 9/18/1995. One returned from Marymoor Museum 5-30-91 (not known how many were loaned originally). Remarks: * Two obsidian projectile points (5698/42, 5698/8) returned from Grant County Public Utility District, Wanapum Dam Heritage Center on January 25, 1995. These materials were originally sent to Grant County PUD for future exchange (see Borrower's Agreement - 1966), but the exchange papers were never drawn up. Since this material was only loaned, not deaccessioned, the Grant County PUD returned it to the Burke. (L. Phillips, 1/26/95). Previous count indicates 130 tools, of which 42 were located and examined. There were three side-notched obsidian points, 2 basally notched obsidian points, 21 corner notched obsidian points, and twelve stemmed obsidian points. Of the chert points, one was side notched, one was basally notched, one was stemmed, and one was corner notched. (6/95) One obsidian projectile point was returned to the museum from the U.W. anthropology department. It is shouldered with a tapered stem. Catalog number on artifact has partially worn off; it could be 5697 or 5698, but has been assigned #5697 (L. Phillips 1/28/1997). *Information is from the original accession ledger.