TIGHTLY WOVEN, SINGLE-PAIR WRAPPED TWINE CONICAL HAT, PROBABLY MADE OF SPRUCE ROOT. THE LOWER HALF OF THE HAT IS DECORATED WITH A WOVEN DESIGN BY WEFT ON ONE AND TWO WARPS. 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.FROM CARD: "PER PEALE CATALOG: 2720 = ORIG. 336 = WATER-TIGHT BASKET, OREGON COAST."For small illustration see Hat 110, p. 221 in Glinsmann, Dawn. 2006. Northern Northwest Coast spruce root hats. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. Glinsmann identifies as Haida style of manufacture.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.

STONE BALL, APPARENTLY CARVED AND POLISHED. WEIGHT 1.5 LBS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG.FROM CARD: "THE OLD CATALOG SAYS: 'WROUGHT STONE BALL, FOUND ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON'."

PAIR OF SNOWSHOES MADE WITH A BENT WOOD FRAME WITH RAWHIDE (MUCH OF IT HAS FUR) NETTING. PUBLICATION: ILLUSTRATION IN USNM ANNUAL REPORT, 1894, FIG. 92, P. 408.FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 92; P. 408." Identified in publication as "Columbia River, Washington."Peale catalogue identifies these as "Snow shoes worn by the natives of the interior of Northwestern America."

Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution.

COILED BASKET WITH IMBRICATED DECORATION; RECTANGULAR BASKET WITH A ROUNDED BASE AND LID MADE OF CEDAR ROOT, CHERRY BARK, HORSETAIL ROOT AND BEARGRASS. THE RIM IS OVERCAST, ONE COIL LOWERED DOWN WITH EDGES OF LID OVERCAST. THE BOTTOM HAS PARALLEL COILS FOLDED ACCORDIAN FASHION, AND THE LID IS CONSTRUCTED SIMILARLY. THE DECORATION ON THE LID CONSISTS OF ALTERNATING LONG AND SHORT BARS OF RED AND BLACK. THE BODY DESIGN IS A "BOX" TYPE MOTIF, DOUBLE LINES OF RED AND BLACK ON FRONT AND BACK, ALSO LADDER TYPE VERTICAL DESIGNS ON BOTH SIDES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," VIOLA & MARGOLIS, S.I. PRESS, 1985, P. 144. U.S.N.M. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902, ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, OTIS MASON, PL. 158, P. 428. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.FROM CARD: "#2612- ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; PL. 158; P. 548."

A wooden panel pipe or ship pipe. 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.FROM CARD: "WOOD INLAID WITH IVORY."

FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED. 8/17/66. *TWO OF THE ARROWS MAY BE FROM CALIFORNIA."One bow and 7 arrows.

Has original Peale # label. Information from Alan L. Hoover, 10-23-2011: This model represents what in the literature is called a manka style canoe after the Kwak'wala name for war canoe. Bill Holm spells it muhnka (also spelt munka). This is an ancient canoe type that disappeared from the coast before the era of the camera. It is known from First Nations models and a few drawings by early visitors to the coast. The bow is either very tall in the form of a vertically oriented Nootka-style prow or is more horizontal terminates in the shape of a bird's head as in the case with # E2616-0. And of course to confuse things there are prows that share characteristics of both styles. The flat-topped stern is somewhat like a Nootka-style but rather than being vertical it is raked (i.e., slopes back). Manka-style models have been collected from the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth (?), the Kwakwaka'wak, the Haida and possibly the Tlingit. There are Euro-Amerian depictions of manka style canoes in the territories of the Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish, but not to my knowledge among the Haida and Tlingit. I'm still trying to figure out the relationships between versions of the "manka" (in fact is there more than one manka type) and cultural groups, but based on the northern-style two dimensional designs, my guess is that the canoe is either Haida or Tlingit in origin. Two traits that are somewhat uniqure are the vertical stern with the rearward projecting stern top and the little sculpture that is attached horizontally to it. Could the latter be a late addition - the style of the carved figure seems quite different and less accomplished than the graceful bow.

FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1 ARROW TO TROCADERO 1885. 8/17/66."See Cat. 17 p. 166 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. This entry is on Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.428, an arrow, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E2734.

[E2123-0 and E2123-1] TWO NARROW WOVEN BELTS WHICH ARE SEWN AT EITHER END. BOTH WOVEN IN A ZIGZAG PATTERN OF BLUE, RED, YELLOW, LIGHT BLUE-GREEN AND NATURAL COLORS. PUBLICATION: S.I. ANNUAL REPORT, 1928, PL. 13, P. 641. ONE BELT [E2123-1] ] WAS FORMERLY ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN HALL, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1989. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.FROM CARD: "SMALL & NARROW. WOVEN OF VARIOUS COLORED WOOLS IN ZIGZAG PATTERN."Illus. Fig. 30, p. 88 in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.