FROM CARD: "LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 216, P. 270. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993."

FROM CARD: "SEE 20690." FROM 19TH CENTURY EXHIBIT CATALOGUE TEXT WITH CARD: "BOWS AND HARPOON-ARROWS USED IN FISHING. BOW: SPRUCE(?); SEMI-OVAL; STRING, A STRIP OF DEER-SKIN. LENGTH, 51 INCHES; WIDTH; 1 3/4 INCHES. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. ACCOMPANIED BY THREE ARROWS; LIGHT CEDAR SHAFTS WITH ROUND BONE HEADS; SMALL, DETACHABLE, BARBED TIPS---ONE OF COPPER, TWO OF BONE--THROUGH WHICH ARE ROVE THE LINES MADE OF FINE SENNIT, BRAIDED OF SINEW."AN ARROW WAS FOUND IN THE COLLECTIONS WITH "20690 SWAN BELLA BELLA B.C." WRITTEN ON IT. THIS NUMBER 20690 IS INCORRECT AND IT WAS GIVEN [temporary number] T24240. HOWEVER, THE LEDGER BOOK ENTRY FOR BOW #20912 SAYS "SEE 20690 FOR ARROWS." THEREFORE, ON THE PRESUMPTION THAT THE ARROW BELONGS WITH THE BOW, THE ARROW HAS ALSO BEEN GIVEN #20912. - F. PICKERING 2-11-1997Listed on page 41 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".

Described p. 104 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Bear-skin Cloak. Indian name, "Artleitquitl." Worn by natives when whaling or fishing, or in wet weather on shore. 74 by 43 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan."

From card: "Bear on front and back; wolf on ends; killer-whale on top." Chest; argillite; carved in relief; four added pieces; non-Indian wooden bottom. Illus.: Barbeau, Haida Carvers in Argillite, NMC #139, pg. 60." Barbeau discusses the box on p. 61 and speculates on attributing it to Charles Edenshaw, but notes that "Russ thought it was the work of "Peter Kelley's father" of Skidegate."March 3, 2011, Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, says "Bill Holm attributes this argillite chest to Haida artist, Tom Price." Ref. Bill Holm, “Will the Real Charles Edenshaw Please Stand Up?” in Abbott, Donald (ed) The World is as Sharp as a Knife:An Anthology in Honour of Wilson Duff. Victoria, B.C.: British Columbia Provincial Museum;1981.