As of 05/2010, figurehead originally on prow could not be found. This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. Canoe includes 4 paddles on loan.Note that canoe 21594 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 104 of USNM Bulletin No. 18. It is described there as a wooden canoe model from Alaska of the type used by the Indians of northwest coast in the whaling and sea fisheries.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=533 , retrieved 12-30-2011: Canoe model Clan leaders took pride in their large red cedar canoes, which lined the beaches at the old coastal villages, each drawn up in front of the clan house to which it belonged. The boats were kept covered with wet cloths to prevent the wood from splitting. Crews of men paddled them at sea or raised sails when the wind was favorable, traveling long distances for trade, warfare, or ceremonies. Owners painted their canoes with clan crests and gave them names.

FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S FACE; PAINTED; LIP PLUG [i.e. labret, and nose ring]. LOANED TO BUENOS AIRES, 1954 - RETURNED 1955. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CEREMONIAL MASK.---MADE OF WOOD, ORNAMENTED WITH WHITE, RED, AND BLUE PAINT. A BRASS RING PIERCES THE SEPTUM OF THE NOSE. LENGTH, 9 INCHES; WIDTH, 6 1/4 INCHES. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 21,572." Mask was originally catalogued as "Koloshian", but identification was later changed to Haida at an unknown time by an unknown person.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.

FROM CARD: "21602-3. 21603-#1-3.5 CM WIDE. FISH DESIGN WITH TAILS ON TOP AND HEADS STRETCHING TO CLASPS. 21602 - 3.1 CM WIDE, AMERICAN EAGLE DESIGN ON TOP WITH SCROLL DESIGN STRETCHING TO CLASP. INVENTORIED 1979."“2 Silver Bracelets made by a Koloshian Indian.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.

From card for 21570-4: "On loan to the City of Buenos Aires, March 25, 1954. #21573 - Illus. in BAE 3rd AR, Pl. XVIII, Figs. 41-2, p. 181." Mask was originally catalogued as "Koloshian", but identification was later changed to Haida at an unknown time by an unknown person.Object is described on p. 115 of the BAE 3rd Annual Report: "Another incomplete or unfinished dancing mask, probably of Haida make, obtained by Dr. White, of the United States Army, in Alaska, for the National Museum. This one was evidently made for sale, and had never been used or made fit for use. The wood was fresh and unstained, and no peep-holes or breathing holes or arrangment for fastening the mask on a wearer's head had been made. It represents a face with a tiara of bear's claws over the forehead. The lips, ears, nostrils, and band below the tiara are red, colored with oil paint obtained from the whites, as is the rest of the painted work. The bear's claws, pupils of the eyes, and the hair are black; the irides greenish; and the dark tracery on the face ... as well as the upper bar of the head-dress are blue. The light parts of the figure in the original show the uncolored natural wood. This is one specimen of many which have of late years been brought from the northwest coast, which have been made expressly for sale as curiosities, and which want essential parts which should be found in an article used or intended for use. A ring made of brass wire is inserted in the nasal septum, but such is rarely, if ever, now work by the people of the Archipelago."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=532 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Mask The mask depicts a singing shaman who wears a nose ring, face paint, and crown of mountain goat horns. Haida shamans, both men and women, sought to cure sickness by extracting disease-causing spirits or objects from their patients' bodies. Sometimes a cure required that they capture and restore a person's wandering soul.

“4 pr. salad spoons and forks carved in wood by Koloshian Indians.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.

“Pipe stem for pipe of peace, an exact imitation of the original which was very dirty and greasy.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.

FROM CARD: "21602-3. 21603-#1-3.5 CM WIDE. FISH DESIGN WITH TAILS ON TOP AND HEADS STRETCHING TO CLASPS. 21602 3.1 CM WIDE, AMERICAN EAGLE DESIGN ON TOP WITH SCROIL DESIGN STRETCHING TO CLASP. INVENTORIED 1979."“2 Silver Bracelets made by a Koloshian Indian.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.

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."