CATALOG CARD SAYS SENT TO MRS. J.C. BROWN, NEW YORK. 1902.

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD IN THE FORM OF THE RAVEN THE BACK IS CARVED TO REPRESENT A DOWLED HEAD, AND ITS BREAST A MASK. PAINTED RED, GREEN, AND BLACK. EXCHANGED LEIDEN MUSEUM, MAY 1899."The artifact currently numbered E20587 may be the wrong number?Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) 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 Bella Coola, bird rattles are always used by chiefs. It is probably red ochre, there are still a few places on the coast with red ochre. It is possible this is carved out of alder.

FROM CARD: "TWINED BASKET MAT. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL.36, FIG. 183; P. 314. ONE SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023." FROM CARD: "...LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

FROM CARD: "A TAPERING CYLINDER OF PINE, DIVIDED LONGITUDINALLY IN HALVES, EACH HALF IS EXCAVATED FROM THE OPEN SMALL END OF WITHIN HALF INCH OF LARGE END, AND THE HALVES LASHED TOGETHER. AT THE SMALL END IN MIDDLE WITH LEATHER THONGS, BLOWING IN SMALL END CAUSES THE PART BELOW THE LASHING AT THE MIDDLE TO VIBRATE, ALLOWING THE WIN TO ESCAPE IN PUFFS OR WAVES, THUS PRODUCING A SOUND. THE THONGS HAVE BEEN GLUED AND CUT, THE HALVES SPREAD OPEN TO SHOW INSIDE CONSTRUCTION. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60; ART. 9., HOUGH HIST. OF INVENTIONS?"

FROM CARD: "1 CAMBRIDGE 5-87; 1 EX. ALBANY MUS. SO. AFRICA APRIL 28, 1904. AS REQUEST W.A. WHITTLE TO THE MUSEUM RIVERSIDE PARK, EVANSVILLE, IND. JAN. 24, 1905."

FROM CARD: "EX. AS RUBBING STONE WITH COPENHAGEN MUS."

From card: ""specimen of fungus used for painting the face. This fungus grows on hemlock trees and in [is] prepared by roasting it in hot ashes. presented by Ellswash [Ellswarsh], a Skidegate chief." Swan"A tag in James Swan's hand is with the artifact: "Indian Red Paint. Queen Charlotte Islands BC. Sept 1883. No 156 Haida Indians Queen Charlotte Islands BC. Paint, made by roasting the fungus of the Hemlock and ground with water on a stone when used. Koona village BC Sep 1883 J.G. Swan."Per the entry on E89186 in the website http://alaska.si.edu/, Ellswash/Ellswarsh may refer to Daniel Eldjiwus [a.k.a. Daniel Elljuuwas], a chief and builder of the House of Contentment at Skidegate.There is conflicting provenance information for this artifact. The list in the accession file appears to identify it as from Skidegate, October 1883. However, the Swan original tag identifies it as from Koona (Skedans), September 1883.