FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60, PL. 29, NO. 3; P. 48."Listed on page 116 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "The Spindle".

This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.From card: "Refer. Collins' MS. p. 913. USNM Bull. 127, p. 220, fig. 66." The Collins MS. entry on this canoe model, referenced above, identifies it as being carved and painted to represent the totem of the "crane" or "Tatl", with the bow terminating in the carved beak of the bird, though Tatl may actually more correctly reference a loon?Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=603 , retrieved 6-24-2012: Canoe Model The Haida were famous for the red cedar canoes they traded to other Native peoples of southeastern Alaska and the northwest Canada, and Haida master builders were honored for their skill. Seven styles of canoe are historically known, including this type used for fishing. The bow is painted with a bird crest design. Builders cut down large cedar trees in spring and rough-shaped the logs in the forest, then towed the half-finished boats to the village for the final adze work. They boiled water inside to soften the hull, spread apart the sides, and inserted wooden thwarts used as seats.

From card: "Illus. in USNM Rept, 1895; fig. 206, p. 564 also in Bull. 136, USNM, pl. 140c, p. 127. Carved from a block of wood in two longitudinal sections, its interior constructed like 89,066. Design: Oala [sic, should be Olala, Oolala, Ulala], the mountain demon. On the back carved in low relief is the body and lower limbs of a man; on the front the head and chest, with the arms and hands reaching above and around the sound hole."

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD 18920: "DAGGERS OF THE CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK). BLADE, LEAF-SHAPED, MADE OF OLD FILES. HILT, OF BONE, IN TWO PLACES RIVETED. OPEN AND FLAT TANG. THE GRIP IS SIMPLY CUT AWAY SLIGHTLY TO FORM A PLACE FOR THE HAND. IN ONE EXAMPLE A LOOP OF BRASS OCCUPIES THE PLACE OF A POMMEL. WASHINGTON STATE. 18,920; 23,348; 23,349. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

FROM CARD: "MASKS #71 (89048) AND #72 (THIS MASK) ARE ALWAYS DISPLAYED AS A UNIT. MAN AND WIFE, DISPLAYED IN DANCE." IDENTIFIED AS MASK REPRESENTING WOMAN WEARING LABRET, C. 1840, ON P. 188 OF DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY BY PETER MACNAIR, VANOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998.

From card: "Rank ornament of chief. Each section shows the number of feasts he has given." From old original tag with artifact: "Tadn skillik worn by chiefs to indicate rank. This was on top of an old wooden helmet too much broken to be of use. These Tadn skilliks are highly prized when new. This is the only specimen offered. James G. Swan, Massett, B.C., July 9, 1883." AS OF 2006, CAT. #88738 CONSISTS OF ONE COLUMN OF 3 WOODEN AND 4 WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? CYLINDRICAL RINGS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "POTLATCH RINGS," USUALLY USED ON TOPS OF HATS. -F. PICKERING 5-10-2006