From card: "Bear, man, dog fish, and fishhawk motifs."

Carving depicts adult bird perched on edge of round nest, with two open-mouthed baby birds inside nest.

While the accession file lists this as collected on Vancouver Island, it has been identified as originally made in Pohnpei. See p. 220 (ill. *13) in Blau, Daniel, Klaus Maaz, Anthony J. P Meyer and Sydney Picasso. 2023. Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands : A Pictorial Guide to the Fish Hooks from the Peoples of the Pacific Islands. Vol II. Munich: Daniel Blau. Identified as a Pohnpei shell fish hook with twisted plant fiber leader.

From card: "Figure or skeleton of 'Oolalla', a fearful looking thing. Made to be drawn across the lodge during ceremonials and to throw its arms in various shapes to terrify beholders. Taken apart after the ceremonies are over and not refitted till another performance when they are refitted and painted." Swan's descriptive catalogue." Illustrated: USNM Annual Report for 1895, Fig. 204, p. 653, identified there as "Wood carving representing the Olala." On p. 653 of this publication it is noted about 89038, 89039, 89072 and 89073: "In his dances the olala of all the northern tribes use headdresses which represent a corpse..."

FROM CARD: "A BUCKSKIN BELT, ITS LOWER EDGE DIVIDED INTO STROPS 1/4 IN. WIDE, EACH STROP IS AGAIN DIVIDED INTO FIVE THONGS; FORMING A FRINGE TO EACH THONG IS ATTACHED A DEER'S HOOF."Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder) and Evelyn Windsor (Heiltsuk elder) 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 rattles are often attached to aprons. Today deer hooves, mountain goat toes, and puffin beaks are still used in these rattles.