This is a model of the type of canoe called a Head canoe, with painted crests at bow and stern. As of 2011, there are 3 model paddles with this canoe model.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) 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. This model is possibly a feast dish and a prime example of a classic head canoe. It appears to be made by a person of Tlingit origin though it contains classic Bella Bella designs and sculpting. This object was probably made to be sold.

FROM CARD: "PUTNAM 5/88." This seems to refer to a partial transfer. This information is also written in the second ledger book in red ink.The first Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists this object as "native cord from spruce roots, 1 bundle or coil." The second ledger book has this description, but the words "packing box" have been added as an addition in red ink to the description. In 1888, a bent wood box with this number was transferred to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. As of 2010, one coiled length of fiber cord with this number is still in the Anthropology collections.

FROM CARD: "SPOON.---MADE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT HORN. THE HANDLE IS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HORN IN ITS NATURAL SHAPE, ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC FIGURES CARVED IN RELIEF. THE BOWL IS SHAPED BY STEAMING THE HORN IN A WOODEN MOLD. THE COLOR OF THE BOWL AT THE UPPER END IS BLACK BUT GRADUALLY SHADES INTO A YELLOW. ENTIRE SPOON MADE OF ONE HORN. LENGTH, 13 1/4 INCHES; WIDTH OF BOWL, 4 1/4 INCHES. INDIANS OF ALASKA. 23,432. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. ENTERED, JUNE 12, 1876."

At least 3 bundles of long strips of plant fiber, tied together into one bundle by strips of fiber and cotton cloth.