FROM CARD: "FOR SCRAPING THE INNER BARK OF THE HEMLOCK FOR FOOD." THIS KNIFE WAS ILLUSTRATED (UNDER INCORRECT #20840) IN USNM AR 1890; PL. 72, FIG. 1; P. 416 AND IDENTIFIED THERE AS A WOMAN'S KNIFE, KOOTZNOO INDIANS (KOLUSHAN STOCK).

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 12, P. 260." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "EAR-RINGS (2).---SILVER-PLATED BOB, HOOK AND CLASP, WITH BELL OR CONICAL-SHAPED PENDANT 1 1/2 INCHES LONG. SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP. SITKA-KWAN INDIANS. LENGTH, 2 INCHES. ALASKA, 1875. 19,552. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

FROM CARD: "20896-7. NAME: *WHALING HARPOON. LOCALITY: **SITKA. REMARKS: *#20896 CONSISTS OF HARPOON HEAD, POINT, LANYARD, AND SHEATH. ** COMPARE TO #74208-9 (MAKAH-NEAH BAY) GP."Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists locality for this object as Sitka (perhaps purchased there?) and lists culture as Makah. E20896 and 7 appear to be the two objects listed in the accession file as "2 Makah whaling harpoons."

No catalog card found in card file

FROM CARD: "1/9/68 THIS BOX CONTAINS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RED OCHRE MIXED WITH FEATHERS, SKIN, ETC. GP." See also ET11935.Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies Catalogue #s E20827 and E20911 as Swan original # 61. List in accession file identifies # 61 as "1 box containing complete outfit of an Indian medicine man, Hannegan Indians, Klawark village, P. of Wales Island, Alaska." Catalogue Nos. E20828 - 38 may be related objects?

All 3 paddles are marked Makah, and one is also marked "W.T." (i.e. Washington Territory). These paddles are probably the ones listed on Swan invoice # 4 in accession file, where they are called #95, "3 paddles for the small canoe shipped in October." The canoe referred to as shipped in October is probably Makah canoe E74202, so these paddles may belong to that canoe, or Swan may have acquired them for display with that canoe?

FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P. 318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit.FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25. NEG. NO.6212."Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0