From card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 46, fig. 259; p. 318."

LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1/2 SENT TO GIGLIOLI, ITALY.

FROM CARD: "DANCING ORNAMENT DYED RED. #20849 HEAD DRESS - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. 18, FIG. 67, P. 270." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEADDRESSES.---MADE OF CEDAR BARK ROPE, STAINED RED WITH THE JUICE OF THE ALDER. WORN IN THE WINTER CEREMONIAL DANCES OF THE KWAKIUTL AND OTHER SOUTHERN COAST INDIANS. HOODSINOO INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN FAMILY), ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,849, 20,910. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. THIS STYLE IS BORROWED BY THE NORTHERN INDIANS AND WORN BY THEM IN THEIR CEREMONIALS, BUT NOT WITH THE SAME SIGNIFICANCE AS IN THE SOUTH."Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies E20849, 20850 and 20910 as original number 70, and lists as Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu Tlingit], Admiralty Island, Alaska. List in accession file identifies no people or locality for original # 70. The old exhibit labels for E20910 have conflicting locality information, with one saying Admiralty Island, and the other Fort Wrangell.

From card: "Bear, raven, and beaver motifs."

From card: "Beaver, raven, (killer-scana), and sea parrot motifs. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; pl. 47, fig. 262; p. 322. Also illus. in Barbeau, 1957, fig. 119, p. 107, but misidentified as #73,117." Attributed by Barbeau to carver Thomas Moody. Barbeau identifies motifs as: at the top Eagle or Thunderbird; the figure next is the Whale; the bird below, the Raven; and the Beaver with three skyils at the base.

FROM CARD: "NO. 1 HAS ELEVEN VALVES OF PECTUR [sic] SHELLS, HOOP OF SPRUCE ROOT NO. 2 HAS 16 VALVES STRUNG ON A SINGLE HOOP WHICH ITS ENDS LAPPED AND FEATHERS PLACED AT THE LAP, THE FEATHER AND LAP WOUND WITH CEDAR BARK. NO 3 HAS 3 HOOPS OF DIA. 2-1/2, 1-7/8 AND 1-3/8. STRUNG WITH SMALL PECTUR [sic] SHELLS."The shells on the rattle are called "Pectur" on the old catalogue card. "Pectur" may be a mistranscription of "Pecten". In support of this, note that James G. Swan in a July 10, 1864 letter in the accession file refers to these rattles as made of scallop shells.

From card: "Illus. in Proceedings, USNM, vol. 60; Pl. 24, no. 11, p. 48."Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on harpoon head http://www.alaska.si.edu/media.asp?enlarge=758, retrieved 5-6-2012: Harpoon head, Haida. Before firearms Haida men hunted seals using harpoons and clubs. Their main weapon was a light cedar harpoon about ten feet long, tipped with a detachable barbed point made of bone or iron. A plaited seaweed cord linked the point to the shaft so that a harpooned seal had to pull it behind as it tried to escape. Hunters' songs honored the seals they had taken.This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027. Only Harpoon head included on loan. Sheath not included on loan.