Plate carved from black argillite. Rim (1.5 cm. wide) is incised with zigzag pattern. Deeply carved crosshatch is used as background.Incised and carved relief decoration, front and back, including floral and leaf motifs, cross-hatching. Has original Peale # label.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. This object has been attributed as possibly Haida, based on its being made of argillite.

FROM CARD: "[One of the cod hooks is] ILLUS. IN J. SWAN, INDIANS OF CAPE FLATTERY, SMITHSONIAN INST., 1869, FIG. 21, P. 41. 2/1/67: 6 SPECIMENS LOCATED. DANISH NATL. MU 1868."Illus. p. 385 of Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as made of hemlock, spruce root, sinew, baleen, gut, and with bone barbs. The smaller hooks were for catching cod, and the larger U-shaped hook was for halibut.Similar (same?) objects are 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.

TIGHTLY WOVEN, SINGLE-PAIR WRAPPED TWINE CONICAL HAT, PROBABLY MADE OF SPRUCE ROOT. THE LOWER HALF OF THE HAT HAS A WOVEN DESIGN BY WEFT ON ONE AND TWO WARPS. THERE ARE PAINTED DECORATIONS IN GEOMETRIC AND ABSTRACT DESIGNS IN BLACK AND RED. THERE IS A CAP WOVEN ON THE INTERIOR OF THE HAT FOR A CLOSER FIT. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.FROM CARD: "PER PEALE CATALOG: 2721 = ORIG. 342 = WATER-TIGHT BASKET, OREGON COAST."For small illustration see Hat 111, p. 221 in Glinsmann, Dawn. 2006. Northern Northwest Coast spruce root hats. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. Glinsmann identifies as of Haida manufacture. Hat is also illustrated Fig. 166, p. 149 and described p. 149-150 in Glinsmann: "... it has upward jogs, 3-strand Z-twining on the top and crown, and a mamatsiki brim pattern separated from the crown by 4-string S-twine on the brim turn. The ending is a stitched chevron, the most ubiquitous on the coast by the end of the nineteenth century. This, however, is that technique's debut, for until 1841 it was only seen either incorporating warps ... or running in a right-to-left direction. This technique - without using the warps and in a left-to-right direction - becomes the "classic" Haida ending. The formline painting has fully developed primary and tertiary lines that bespeak mid-nineteenth century Haida design. Also significant is the distribution of the design, which is not limited to the crown, but extends over the brim as well."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: "CARVED FROM WOOD. SURMOUNTED BY A MASK. 9 TEETH."Illus. p. 240, and described on p. 240 and p. 382 in Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. It is noted there: "Combs like this one are sometimes identified as weaving combs, but the Chinook did little weaving and may have used them for grooming and decoration instead. ... Similar combs from farther north were collected on Captain James Cook's expedition in 1778."Peale # 252. Peale catalogue describes #s 251-253 as "Wooden combs made by the natives of Oregon."Carved from a single piece of wood. Rectangular in shape with long, slightly irregular carved teeth. On top of comb is a carved human head with beard and pronounced eyebrows. The face, except around the eyebrows, and top part of comb is colored with red. Eyebrows are colored black.Per Bill Holm - Columbia River up to mid Vancouver Island; more likely Juan de Fuca Strait.

SMALL CYLINDRICAL TWINED BASKET WITH ROW OF TRIANGLES UNDER RIM AND ZIGZAG DESIGNS. HAS CLALLAM 2136 WRITTEN ON IT AND TAG THAT SAYS CLALLAM 2136 WILKES BUT JANE WALSH SAYS 2136 IS WRONG #. SPECULATIVELY, THIS MAY STILL BE PART OF THE U.S. EXPORING EXPEDITION/WILKES COLLECTION, EVEN IF THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IS WRONG?

Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution as no Peale number has been identified for this object. Second copy of Anthropology catalogue ledger book has "Clallam Indians, Wash." penciled in as a possible identification sometime post cataloguing by an unknown person.

CEDAR BARK BLANKET WITH SEA OTTER FUR TRIM ON UPPER BORDER. THE WEFT IS DOUBLE, 2 SINGLE-PLAIN TWINE. THE WEFT IS A WHITE CORD, THE SINGLE-PAIR WRAPPED TWINE FORMS A 3 CM. BAND. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN RECATALOGUED CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT IS WITHIN A 14,000 SERIES. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTROY, 1985-86. PEALE # 316. MAY FORMERLY HAVE BEEN CATALOGUE NO. 2556.Peale catalogue entry under # 316 lists 315-318 as "Dresses worn by the women of the Classet tribe of natives, Northwest Coast of America, they are made of bark."

AS OF 2003 THERE ARE 3 BASKETS WITH THIS NUMBER. LARGEST HAS STRIPED DESIGN IN MAIN FIELD AND RED WOOLEN YARN INSERTED AS A TWINING ELEMENT. THE OTHER TWO WERE BOTH ILLUS. IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984. ONE BASKET WAS FIG. 13, P. 50 AND DISCUSSED P. 49, ID AS WRAPPED TWINED CYLINDER BASKET, CHEHALIS?, HORIZONTAL CHECKERBOARD BANDS IN MAIN FIELD, MYTHICAL ANIMAL FIGURES CALLED C'AYUM BY CHEHALIS DECORATE RIM, 12.7 CM. W; 13 CM. H.. THIRD BASKET FIG. 15, P. 51 AND DISCUSSED P. 50, ID AS SMALL WRAPPED TWINED BASKETRY BAG, CLATSOP OR TILLAMOOK, WOVEN WITH RED WOOLEN YARN INSERTED AS A TWINING ELEMENT; DESIGNS INCLUDE DEER, ELK, AND HUMANLIKE FIGURE, 13.6 CM. H, 14 CM. DIA., 10.8 CM. W..Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution, or at least no Peale number has been identified for these pieces.

FROM CARD: "8/17/66: INVENTORIED."1 arrow.

FROM CARD: "8/17/66: INVENTORIED. 1 ARROW MAY BE FROM CALIFORNIA. COMPARE WITH ARROW #2755."1 bow and 7 arrows.