Appears to be a halibut hook and line? Carved arm of hook is carved in the form of a halibut. Note: Cultural and locality identification in Anthropology catalogue card and ledger book lists this as Scowallis [sic] Tribe of Haida Indians, Prince of Wales Archipelago. It may be speculated that "Scowallis Tribe" is actually [Chief] Skowal's [a.k.a. Skowl] tribe, i.e. Kasaan or Howkan?

Provenience uncertain. Catalogue lists locality as Unalaska/Ounalaska, i.e. Aleutian Islands, but object is stored with Northwest Coast/Tlingit.

FROM CARD: "27 CARVED STICKS, 1 LEATHER POUCH ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 63, FIG. 335, P. 344. FOR STUDY AND RETURN: MR. STEWART CULIN UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PHILA. PA. MARCH 24, 1897." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "GAMBLING STICKS. MADE OF WOOD; TWENTY-SEVEN IN NUMBER, WITH DEERSKIN CASE. EACH STICK IS CARVED WITH A TOTEMIC DESIGN. LENGTH, 5 INCHES; DIAMETER, 1/2 INCH. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA, 6,556. COLLECTED BY DR. T. T. MINOR, U. S. A. EXPLANATION OF GAME.-EACH OF THE PLAYERS, IN TURN, SELECTS A NUMBER OF THESE STICKS FROM HIS BAG AND COVERS THEM IN A HEAP OF FINELY CUT BARK TOW. HIS OPPONENT THEN GUESSES WHETHER THIS NUMBER IS ODD OR EVEN, 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 LOSES HIS ENTIRE SET AND THUS FORFEITS THE ARTICLE BET UPON THE GAME. THE TLINGITS ARE INVETERATE GAMBLERS."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 30, FIG. 141, P. 286." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "TRAWL-LINE.-FOR OCEAN FISHING. THE GROUND LINE IS MADE OF CEDAR ROOTS, THE SNOODS OR GANGINGS OF WHALEBONE AND CEDAR, AND THE HOOKS OF STEAMED AND BENT CEDAR WOOD,WITH BARBS OF IRON. KWAKIUTL INDIANS (WAKASHAN STOCK), VANCOUVER ISLAND, B. C. COLLECTED BY DR. T. T. MINOR."Note: E6560 and E306355 were mixed together in NHB storage. It is unclear if all parts have been sorted out and given their correct numbers. Note also that E6560 is supposed to be a trawl line with small bentwood hooks, but there is also a large halibut hook with that number, which may be incorrect?

AS OF 2006, CAT. # 7965 CONSISTS OF ONE COLUMN OF 4 CYLINDRICAL WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? RINGS, AND ONE COLUMN OF 6 WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? RINGS. THESE OBJECTS ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "POTLATCH RINGS," AND ARE USUALLY USED ON TOPS OF HATS. IT MAY BE THAT ONE OF THESE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE CAT # 7964?, WHICH WAS NOT LOCATED DURING THE INVENTORY. -F. PICKERING 5-10-2006

From card: "Re-entered - mistake."Note: This object most likely was accessioned under either Accession number 1310 or 1499, both of which consist of artifacts collected by Thomas T. Minor in 1868. Someone has pencilled Accession number 1310 on the catalogue card for this object, and object appears to match description of an object on one of Minor's lists filed in Accession 1310.Florence Sheakley, Ruth Demmert, and Virginia Oliver made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object is either a collar or headband and features a salmon design. It is possible that this object is primarily a collar that could also be used as a headband.

Circular, has hole drilled through at top. Incised decoration on one side, including bird.

Florence Sheakley, Ruth Demmert, and Virginia Oliver made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object looks like it has a Raven design. It could have had sea lion whiskers or bird feathers coming from the top for decoration.