FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN NAT. MUS. REPT 1887, FIG. 6, P. 170. ALSO IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 206-A; P.516." FROM LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: " ... [BABY] CRADLE---FRAME AND BED. A WOODEN BOX, BOAT SHAPED, WITH PROJECTING HEAD-PIECE PAINTED. THE HEAD PART HELD TOGETHER BY ROPE FIBER; BEDDING OF STRIPPED BARK; SKIN COVER FOR BODY. LENGTH 2 FEET 3 INCHES. WIDTH 7 INCHES. DEPTH 4 INCHES. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1875. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."Listed on page 43 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".

FROM CARD: "GLEN IS. MUS. N. Y. ."

From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 16, fig. 60, p. 270. Loaned to the Department of Exhibits September 17, 1971. Copper teeth; rolling [movable] eyes. [Formerly] Exhibit Hall 9, 1987. Identified in exhibit label as Festival mask - A Human Spirit, Haida, collected at Skidegate village in 1883."On display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024. Exhibit label: Ceremonial mask, Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) or Nuxalk (Bella Coola), acquired from Haida, British Columbia, Canada, 1883; Painted wood, copper, leather. With its moveable eyes and lower jaw, this mask would have inspired awe and veneration. Representing a human-like spirit, the mask and its associated dance paraphernalia were worn by dancers in ritual ceremonies.

Accession file identifies original #94, Catalogue No. E20881, as a canoe bailer from Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu people]. Anthropology Catalogue ledger book lists locality as Admiralty Island, Alaska.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 7, P. 260." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BRACELETS.---MADE OF COPPER AND INLAID WITH PIECES OF SHELL, HALIOTIS KAMSCHATKENSIS. NASSES [NASS] INDIANS, NEAR FORT SIMPSON. GREATEST DIAM., 2 3/4 INS. LEAST DIAM., 2 INS. FORT SIMPSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1875. 20,637. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

FROM CARD: "54126-35. #54132 - 84 X 39"."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART. 1973, P. 239. LOAN R. H. LOWIE MUSEUM 12/31/64. LOAN RETURNED FEB 15 1966."Ilus. Fig. 5 p. 11 in King, J. C. H. 1979. Portrait masks from the Northwest Coast of America. [New York]: Thames and Hudson. Identified there (p. 10) as "Tlingit shaman's mask. The hair, eyebrows and moustache on this mask were made from fur and nailed into place; it has copper eyes and lips. Although the face is extremely realistic, it probably represents a spirit who would have helped the shaman cure the sick and predict events. It was held to the wearer's head with a hide strap."