STRAIGHT-SIDED CYLINDRICAL BASKET MADE OF CATTAIL, BEARGRASS AND CEDAR BARK. THE RIM HAS A FALSE BRAID WITH CEDAR ROOT ADDED AND LOOPS OF TWISTED BRANCH (HAZEL?) ALL ROUND. THE BASE HAS A 2/2 TWILL OVERLAID WITH BEARGRASS AND BLACK-DYED CEDAR BARK. THE DESIGN TECHNIQUES INCLUDE OVERLAY, COLOR ALTERATION REVERSE (FULL TWIST OVERLAY) PATTERN ON INSIDE RIM. THE RIM DESIGN HAS ELBOW- LEGGED DOGS. THE BODY DESIGN CONSISTS OF SALMON GILLS IN DIAGONAL ROWS, UP TO LEFT IN BROWN AND BLACK ON WHITE BACKGROUND. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAUTRAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION. ILLUS. FIG. 3 & 4, P. 46 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS SOFT-TWINED BASKET; LOOPS OF TWISTED CEDAR ROOTS AT RIM, TWANA, DECORATED IN OVERLAY WITH DESIGNS OF DOGS IN RIM AREA AND SALMON GILLS IN MAIN FIELD.

CARVED WOODEN MASK OF A HUMAN FACE WITH A METAL RING THROUGH THE SEPTUM AND A NAIL PROTRUDING THROUGH THE LOWER LIP. THE HAIR & EYEBROWS ARE PAINTED BLACK, & THERE IS A BLACK BORDER AROUND THE CHIN. THERE ARE ALSO SOME RED LINES ACROSS THE NOSE AND BROW. MARKS: "THE WOMEN OF A TRIBE NEAR FORT SIMPSON ON THE NW COAST OF AMERICA; LAT. 54°, 30." COLLECTOR CAPTAIN MCNEAL, HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. PUBLICATION: "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," BY VIOLA & MARGOLIS, 1985, ILLUS. P. 141. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURALHISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS,"1987-89.Provenience note, in 1841 Oregon Territory encompassed the land from Russian Alaska to Spanish California and from the Pacific to the Continental Divide. The U.S. Exploring Expedition did not go to Canada, but did reach Oregon Territory in 1841, and carried out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades, as well as doing some surveying inland.They had dealings with Hudson's Bay Company staff during that time, and it is probable that the HBC is the source of a number of the Northwest Coast artifacts collected by the expedition.FROM CARD: "INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT "THE WOMEN OF A TRIBE NEAR FORT SIMPSON ON THE NW COAST OF AMERICA; LAT. 54° 30"."ILLUS. FIG. 33, P.59, DISCUSSED P. 58, IN DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY BY PETER MACNAIR, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998. IDENTIFIED THERE BY PETER MACNAIR AS MASK REPRESENTING YOUNG WOMAN WITH NOSE RING, KAIGANI HAIDA."Captain McNeal" of the Hudson's Bay Company may refer to William Henry McNeill, who did meet Wilkes/the U.S. Exploring Expedition in 1841. At the time of the expedition McNeill was Captain of the Hudson's Bay Company vessel S.S. Beaver, the first steamship on the Pacific coast.

FOUND IN THE COLLECTIONS WITHOUT A MUSEUM CATALOGUE NUMBER. GIVEN # ET20352-0 FOR TRACKING PURPOSES. POSSIBLY WILKES/U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION COLLECTION? SEE SIMILAR BASKETS ET7616, ET20353 AND E2711.

PEALE DESCRIPTION: "EAR ORNAMENTS." 2 SHELL CYLINDERS, 8.8 CM. AND 8.6 CM. LONG.From card: "Perforated ivory [sic] cylinders."

FROM CARD: "IN FAIR ORDER. COLLINS (924)."Catalogue card and Collins Ms. p. 924 attribute this canoe model as Nootka. Catalogue card indicates this model was transferred to Ethnology 11/15/1916. From Collins Ms.: "Nootka Dugout Canoe. Used by the Nootka Indians, Vancouver Island. Model: scale 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot. An open, flat bottom, keeless dugout cane; long, sharp, overhanging bow, with pointed projection; flaring sides; long, sharp, nearly vertical stern; straight on top in center, curved strongly upward at bow; knob-like upward projection at stern; painted black; ornamented with red eel. Dimensions of canoe [all dimensions given as if this were full size]: Length 25 feet 4 inches; beam, 6 feet; depth, 2 feet 7 inches."Stern has been damaged and parts are missing.

FROM CARD: "WOOD INLAID WITH IVORY. REFER: MCGUIRE: USNM.REPORT, 1897, FIG. 187, P. 585."Written on this pipe in old handwriting: "Pipe - N. W. Coast Ex. Ex. b.17 - R. R. Waldron." This may mean that Richard Russell Waldron, purser, USS Vincennes, was the collector of this pipe. Provenience note, in 1841 Oregon Territory encompassed the land from Russian Alaska to Spanish California and from the Pacific to the Continental Divide. The U.S. Exploring Expedition did not go to Canada, but did reach Oregon Territory in 1841, and carried out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades, as well as doing some surveying inland.They had dealings with Hudson's Bay Company staff during that time, and it is probable that the HBC is the source of a number of the Northwest Coast artifacts collected by the expedition.7-20-2005 Jay Stewart and Peter Macnair note about this panel pipe or ship pipe that "This is another rare example of the wooden panel pipe. It has a wooden base and (the design) incorporates houses, fortifications and a picket fence carved from whalebone."Illus. Fig. 14, p. 46 in Wright, Robin K., 1979, "Haida Argillite Ship Pipes," American Indian Art Magazine, 5(1). Identified there as as a wooden ship pipe: "Pipe of wood, paint, glass, whalebone. Has picket fence, house-like cabins, floral and palm tree motifs and blockhouse."Object on display in National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017.

From card: "Loan; Div. of Naval History, MHT, May 19, 1965".Face. Object is shown on left in illustration on p. 155, in Volume 5 of Charles Wilkes, 1798-1877, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842., 1845 edition, Philadelphia. Printed from original "official" 1844 Philadelphia publication plates ed., 5 vols. (Philadephia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845).Provenience note, in 1841 Oregon Territory encompassed the land from Russian Alaska to Spanish California and from the Pacific to the Continental Divide. The U.S. Exploring Expedition did not go to Canada, but did reach Oregon Territory in 1841, and carried out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades, as well as doing some surveying inland.They had dealings with Hudson's Bay Company staff during that time, and it is probable that the HBC is the source of a number of the Northwest Coast artifacts collected by the expedition.No catalog card found in card file

FROM CARD: "2/1/67: 12 SPECIMENS LOCATED."SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY SENT TO CHICAGO ACADEMY, ILLINOIS. 1867.In 2009, 11 hooks were found, but one was disassembled into 2 parts (the bone point had been detached from the wooden part). Therefore, there are 12 pieces, but only 11 complete hooks.These appear to be halibut hooks. Similar (same?) object is shown in illustration on p. 445, in Volume 4 of Charles Wilkes, 1798-1877, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842., 1845 edition, Philadelphia. Printed from original "official" 1844 Philadelphia publication plates ed., 5 vols. (Philadephia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845). This illustration is captioned "Fish-Hooks" and is in the "Puget Sound and Okonagan" chapter of the book.

FROM CARD: "2 ARROWS IN COLLECTION 8/17/66."Two arrows with barbed bone points. No bow located.

BLADE, MOUNTED, "OREGON - CAPT. WILKES" 2505 WRONG #. GIVEN # ET23177-0 FOR TRACKING PURPOSES. Possibly U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection?