FROM CARD: "NAPKIN RINGS.---MADE OF THIN SILVER BANDS, WITH EXTERIORS ENGRAVED WITH VARIOUS FIGURES. HAIDAH INDIANS. DIAM., 1 1/2 INS. HEIGHT, 1 7/16 INS. CASSIAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,257-8-9. COLLECTED BY J.G. SWAN FOR CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1876. MADE BY HAIDAH INDIANS UNDER DIRECTION OF MR. SULLIVAN, GOLD COMMISSIONER OF DOMINION OF CANADA. BURNISHED BY RUDOLPH, OF VICTORIA, B.C."

FROM 19TH CENTURY EXHIBIT CATALOGUE EXCERPT WITH CARD: "(97) FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [P.] 921. FISH-HOOKS (4). SHANK MADE OF A HEMLOCK SPLINT, THE ENDS BROUGHT NEARLY TOGETHER AND HELD BY A LIGHT LASHING; SHORT, WOODEN BARB; LINE, TWISTED BARK. INDIANS OF NORTHWEST COAST. LENGTH, 4 TO 5 1/2 INCHES. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,654. JAMES G. SWAN."

OCTOPUS BAG; FLORAL BEADWORK. FROM JAMES G. SWAN ORIGINAL TAG WITH ARTIFACT: "NO. 201 HAIDA INDIANS HUNTING POUCH. KULTL GEAR. SITKA INDIAN MANUFACTURE. SKIDEGATE, B.C. AUG. 30, 1883, JAMES G. SWAN, $1."Linda Wynne, Florence Sheakley, Alan Zuboff, Virginia Oliver, and Ruth Demmert made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This is an octopus bag, specifically used for hunting because of the strap. Florence noted that she made a bag similar to this one that took her over a month to complete, and wasn't as busy as this one with regards to the beadwork design. The bag has some large, size 10 beads, which were produced later on, and don't have the same good detail as smaller beads. Virginia commented that someone may have added beads to this bag after it was created in order to sell it. The button on this object could be a brass button taken from a military coat. This bag has double toes and was made with two needles, whereas beaders today usually use only one needle.

From card: "Adze, chisel & 3 awls. Iron blade of modern type with highly specialized handhold attached by leather strap: illus. in Proceedings, USNM vol. 60; Pl. 15, no. 10; p. 48. Adze Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 1u, pg. 2.Listed on page 48 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)".

5 WOODEN TOOLS WITH NEEDLE POINTS, HAIDA MASSETT SWAN. THESE ARE TATTOOING NEEDLES, MAY POSSIBLY RELATE TO 88905? - F. PICKERING 1-22-2002. Smithsonian Photographic Services color digital Neg. #2005-22349 is a photo of 3 paint brushes # E88905 with the 5 needles # ET15006.