From card: "1 hat returned to Museum by Mrs. W. H. Holmes. 1 Ex. Oct. 30/85. 1 Ex. Leiden Mus. May /99. 1 Ex, G. G. Heye, 52 Bdwy. NYC Nov. 12, 1908. Illus. in (US) Nat. Mus. Rept. 1884, Pl. IX, fig. 13, p. 306 (Collected in Queen Charlotte Archip), also in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. XII, fig. 37, p. 260; and (USNM Annual) Rept, 1902; fig. 143; p. 413." From a second, handwritten, card: "Rain hat of basketry. Spruce root, decorated black and red, crown a star, rim a face." The back of the handwritten card has two illustrations of one hat taken from a publication. As of 2005, Anthropology only has one hat with this catalogue number remaining in the collections. The hat is damaged/torn and has been repaired. The red sections appear to have been repainted at some point, and some of the black also. Also, the top and part of the crown of the hat are missing. -F. Pickering Per Dawn Glinsmann, as of 2005, the hat with this number exchanged to Leiden in1899 is still in their collections - object number for it is 1225-85 and it is in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (National Museum of Ethnology), Leiden, The Netherlands. For a small illustration of Anthropology's hat, see Hat 113, p. 221 in Glinsmann, Dawn. 2006. Northern Northwest Coast spruce root hats. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. The hat in Leiden is also illustrated by Glinsmann - Hat 176, p. 225. It is in much better condition than Anthropology's hat. On p. 155 of Glinsmann she notes that the Anthropology hat and the Leiden hat " ... have similar painting styles and creatures: a broad-snouted sea-monster is painted in black and red formline design, with appendages that float below to each side of the face."

FROM CARD: "EX. VOLKERKUNDE MUS."

FROM CARD: "20620-1. SHORT HANDLES PLAIN."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 1414: P. 453. THE FLAT PORTION FITS ACROSS THE FOREHEAD. 2 SPECIMENS."

FROM CARD: "18905-6. BOTH SPECIMENS BADLY DAMAGED. IDENTIFIED, REPAIRED AND PARTIALLY RESTORED IN 1969... #18906 - PLAIN WITH ONE CARVED AND PAINTED CORNER POST."Catalogue No. E18943 appears to be related objects.

LEDGER, CATALOG CARD AND SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY 1/8 SENT TO SALEM, MA. 1886.

Anthropology catalogue ledger book and catalogue card identify this spoon as Bella Bella. As of 2010, culture in database identifies the spoon as Tlingit, however the source of the Tlingit identification is unknown. The spoon is therefore being listed as both Tlingit and Bella Bella for now.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) 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. In order to make the spoons, they look for parts in the alder tree that have a natural curve. Everyone sat around the big cooking pot and used them for spooning their soup out. Alder wood spoons are for everyday use and horn spoons are used for feasts. Usually when you take on your chiefdomship, or you have a feast, this is one of the items that would sit on top of the bentwood box or it would be publicly handed over.