From card: "Worn on the hips of performer.""Orca or Killer" = Killer whale.

FROM CARD: "1 SALEM MAY '86; 1 PUTNAM 5/88 SEE LINE DRAWING WHICH FOLLOWS."CATALOG CARD AND SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND, 1900.

Per June 30, 1888 invoice in accession file: "Specimen of giant kelp. This is prepared by the Indians for holding oil, which toughens the material, making it assume a leathery structure. When fully prepared it is as tough and as pliable as buck skin, and can be used for fancy work, such as pocket books and port-monnaes. Its manufacture has not been attempted, but this specimen shows its capabilities. If moistened it will show what can be done with it." Per June 18, 1888 Swan letter in accession file: "A piece of prepared kelp showing the possibilities of its commercial value. prepared by J.G. Swan".

From card: "20251B-- 3.4 cm wide bear design. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888, pl. 8, fig. 30 [and 32], p. 260. Loan: Crossroads Sep 22 1988. Loan returned: Jan 21, 1993. Illus. Also in Crossroads of Continents catalogue: 20251b, fig. 432, p. 304." Crossroads caption identifies: "Khoots, the grizzly bear, a crest of the Raven moiety ... He has a skeletized back and perforated (or joint-marked) paws and tail rendered in the split form that allows both sides of an animal to be shown on a two-dimensional surface. ... When silver coins came into common use in the mid-19th century, they were hammered into bracelet form ..."The original Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies E20251 as one pair of silver bracelets made by Geneskelos. However, at least since1888 there appear to have been 3 bracelets with catalogue number E20251: E20251-0 (20251A) a bear design bracelet; E20251-1 (20251B) a bear design bracelet decorated in a different style than E20251-0; E20251-2 (20251C) an eagle or thunderbird design bracelet decorated in the same style as E20251-0. Per Robin K. Wright and Kathryn B. Bunn-Marcuse, E20251-0 and E20251-2 appear to have been made by Geneskelos. Wright and Bunn-Marcuse doubt that Geneskelos made E20251-1. E20251-0 is Fig. 39, E20251-1 is Fig. 41 and E20251-2 is Fig. 40, all on p. 68 of Bunn-Marcuse, Kathryn B. 2007. Precious Metals: silver and gold bracelets from the Northwest Coast. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007.

FROM CARD: "NO.4776-ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 199; P. 642." FROM CARD: "4776. HEAD-DRESS (QUAI-U-BADDY).-BAND OR HOOP OF FLEXIBLE WOOD, 1 INCH IN WIDTH, WRAPPED WITH CEDAR-BARK FIBER. PENDANT TO BACK IS A LARGE BUNCH, AND ON SIDES LONG NARROW BUNCHES OF SAME. STANDING ERECT ARE FOUR TUFTS OF SAME, TWO ON EACH SIDE. WORN IN TSIARK, OR MEDICINE DANCE, BY MAKAH INDIANS OF NEAH BAY. CIRCUMFERENCE, 25 INS. LENGTH OF FIBER, 18 INS. WASHINGTON TER., 1863. 4,776. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."

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."

FROM CARD: "INDIAN BASKET WITHOUT COVER." LOANED TO THE CENTENNIAL COMM. (S.I.) 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."

FROM CARD: "4/18/67: LOANED TO VANCOUVER ART GALL. ILLUS. AS 156 IN ARTS OF THE RAVEN, BY DUFF, HOLM & REID - THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1967. ITE 12/13/67: RETURNED BY VANCOUVER. LOAN DATA: 4/17/67-OK. NUMBER ON SPECIMEN INCORRECT. 20821 NO. ON SPECIMEN CHANGED.JQQ." Design includes baby bird motif per Tommy Joseph, 6-2-2009.