Goes with model boat, catalog number E72936.

Artifact has 2 original tags attached to it: From first tag: "Smelt Net. J.G. Swan. Made from Nettle fibre. Neeah Bay, W.T. Made by Quillehute Indians." From second tag: "Miniature net. Used by the Indians at Quillehute west coast of Washington Territory to catch the surf smelt. The full size of net used is 5 ft. long 20 inches wide. The net is made of the fiber of the common stinging nettle. James G. Swan, Neah Bay, W. T. Sept. 1879". The back of second tag has a drawing of the net as set up.

From card: "Made by Geneskelos. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, pl. 8, fig. [31, 33], p. 260. 20251A -- Bear design. Loan: R. H. Lowie Museum Dec. 31, 1964. Loan returned Feb 15 1966..." From card: "card 2. 20251A illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., vol. 7, Northwest Coast, fig. 8 bottom, pg. 124."From card: "20,251. Bracelets (2).---silver band, bent in circlets; open spring clasp; exterior chased and engraved. Diam., 2 1/4 ins. Breadth of band, 1 to 1 1/4 ins. Queen Charlotte's Island, British Columbia, 1876. Collected by J. G. Swan for Centennial Exposition, 1876. Made by "Geneskelos," a Haidah Indian of Lashkeeh. Device represents hoort's, the bear, and skamskwin, eagle (or thunder bird)."The original Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies E20251 as one pair of silver bracelets made by Geneskelos. However, at least since 1888 there appear to have been 3 bracelets with catalogue number E20251: E20251-0 (20251A) a bear design bracelet; E20251-1 (20251B) a bear design bracelet decorated in a different style than E20251-0; E20251-2 (20251C) an eagle or thunderbird design bracelet decorated in the same style as E20251-0. Per Robin K. Wright and Kathryn B. Bunn-Marcuse, E20251-0 and E20251-2 appear to have been made by Geneskelos. Wright and Bunn-Marcuse doubt that Geneskelos made E20251-1. E20251-0 is Fig. 39, E20251-1 is Fig. 41 and E20251-2 is Fig. 40, all on p. 68 of Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B. 2007. Precious Metals: silver and gold bracelets from the Northwest Coast. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007.

FROM CARD: "23327-8. 23327 SAPPORO MUS. 1/28/95 ONE."

Pamela Brown (Heiltsuk) and Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) 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. These types of fans are used ceremonially during dances to welcome animals at the beginning and end of potlatches. This fan depicts a bird.