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 are story poles or talking sticks. We keep them as stories of who we are and ancestral beginnings. These objects were banned for a time by Europeans and missionaries.Brendan Maloney via RRN, 5/23/21: "Captain Carpenter IMO [in my opinion]. Salmon Trout Head Ovoids light and thin; reminiscent of many of his old paddle designs." Christopher Smith via RRN, 5/31/21: " I agree with Brendan that the formline base is by Captain Carpenter, but the pole (not pictured) is by another Heiltsuk artist, Robert Bell (1859 – 1904). I spent a lot of time with this base and the pole it is matched with (as well as the other poles collected by Swan at the same time) when I was at SIMA in 2019, and the base is clearly by a different artist than the pole and was added as an afterthought. The base looks to have originally been a panel of a box or dish, but was definitely different than the bases of the other poles (also by Bell), as they were mostly figural and were obviously originally matched to the poles themselves. Just wanted to clarify. I've linked to info from the MOA about Bell [http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/person?person=4287&tab=biography]."

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

FROM CARD: "PAINTED RED."Originally cataloged as "Model Of Canoe And Mats (2)" but only 3 model paddles remain in the collection.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 24TH AR, FIG. 260, P. 196; ALSO IN USNM REPT, 1896; FIG. 94; P. 767. FOR STUDY & RETURN: MR. STEWART CULIN UNIVERSITY OF PENN., PHILA. PA. MARCH 24, 1897." Stewart Culin identifies dice as beaver teeth dice.

4 WALLS OF A NW COAST HOUSE MODEL?, FRONT SECTION PAINTED YELLOW, RED AND BLACK. 3 UNPAINTED WALLS WERE FORMERLY T14557, BUT # HAS BEEN CHANGED TO T14554 SINCE IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE 4 ARE A SET. TWO LOOSE BOARDS ARE WITH THIS AND ONE OF THEM HAS WRITING IN PENCIL: "Q. CHARLOTTE IS. SWAN". - F. PICKERING 6-29-1999ROBIN WRIGHT, BURKE MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, FEELS TOTEM POLE MODEL T24468 MAY GO WITH THIS HOUSE MODEL. SHE HAS IDENTIFIED TOTEM POLE MODEL AS HAIDA STYLE.A photo of what appears to be this house model and totem pole model ET24468 on display together at the Smithsonian circa 1879 (photo may actually date more specifically to 1882 - early 1885) is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives: Photo ID 2962 or MNH-2962, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 4, https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_8263 . House model with totem pole in front is on back right of photo in front of house front.Per Robin Wright, Professor and Curator Emerita, University of Washington, 2018, ET14554 and ET24468 may be James Swan collection pieces, based on the similarity of the ET24468 model pole to another model pole, No. E74748, that is linked to Swan and carved by Johnny Kit Elswa, a copy of a chief's frontal pole in Tanu.In James G. Swan correspondence in accession record No. 5260, Swan talks about sending two Haida house models. However, only one was catalogued, # E23547. It is possible house model ET14554/ET24468 or house model ET24565 may be from this accession?