FROM CARD: "ONE TO CIN. ART. MUS. DECEMBER '88."

FROM CARD: "UNFINISHED WITH SPOONS, DOLLS & C OF A CHILD."This unfinished basket, identified as Hutsnuwu Tlingit, is Swan original # 68. Ledger book indicates that Catalogue #s E20906, E20907, and E20908 are also original #68. Accession record entry indicates the basket # E20847 contained these toy spoons, dolls, and dish (E20906 - 8), therefore all these objects are being stored together.

From old label glued onto aritfact: "Wedge for spllitting wood; made of "yew"; Makah Indians Cape Flattery WT; Feb 23 1865; J G Swan".

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 3RD AR, PL. XVII, FIGS. 31-2, P. 179." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CEREMONIAL MASK. ---MADE OF WOOD, OUTLINES IN RED PAINT. EYES SLIGHTLY OPENED AND CARVED THROUGH THE WOOD. STRIPS OF BLACK CLOTH REPRESENT THE EYEBROWS AND MUSTACHE. LENGTH, 11 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 10 INCHES. HAIDA INDIANS (SKITTAGETAN STOCK), PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,892. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN." SEE ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Described p. 105 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Staff For Seal Spear. Slender pole with two prongs, without spears, and finger-rest at rear end. Used for killing seal. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan." See also remarks for E72671.

FROM CARD: "EX. LEIDEN MUS. MAY '05. 12/13/66 LOCATED BOTH SPECIMENS; 1 HAS POINT MISSING AND BOTH HAVE LANYARDS, NO SHEATHES. GP."

Described p. 104 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Whaling Paddle. Made of yew; the common form adopted by the natives in whaling. The paddle has a long, tapering point to enable the canoe to silently approach a whale, as the blade can be thrust deep in the water and the reverse stroke made with comparatively little splashing or noise. Length, 5 feet. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, Washington Territory. James G. Swan."