FROM CARD: "STRAIGHT WOODEN STOCK, SPLIT AT LOWER END TO RECEIVE STRAIGHT BONE SHANK; NO BARB; LINE MADE OF TWISTED AND BRAIDED SINEW. L. OF STOCKS 3 1/2"; SHANKS 2 1/2 TO 3 INCHES."

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 605, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford and object is from Sitka Tlingit.

Sea lion bowl that is ovular in circumference and u-shaped in profile. The head protrudes from on of the narrow ends. Decoration is in engraved details and inlaid shell at eyes, teeth, and flippers.

Brown curved wooden handle with long tapered metal knife blade that curves slightly upwards and is secured to handle by wrapped bands of cedar wood(?).

Two pieces of square-like red cloth have hide fringe on three sides and hand stitched appliqued design of large black and orange 'x' at center, bordered by blue sawtooth strip and orange on black strips. White sawtooth border on three sides. Part (a) has white beads along top of center 'x'. Two long pieces of brown fabric attached to bottom fringe. One long fringe at each top corner. Part (b) has a red strip of fabric, and a blue strip of fabric with fibre and string attached, at right side, and one long strip of fibre on left. One long fringe at each top corner.

Brown conical bag of woven string with a strap of the same material; several red threads are used in the bag near the rim. A jumble of thirty-seven sea shells, many fragmentary, are pierced and attached to the bag, either encircling the strap or attached to the rim by string.

An ornament of three woven strips hanging from a wood crosspiece. Pendants at the bottom of the strips and a strap at the top are also woven while the two prongs above the wood rod are rattan. All borders are edged with small cowrie shells and two larger white cowrie shells tip the rod ends. The material is dyed purple and green on the front. The back is a natural brown.

Rigid semicircular necklace made from an extended row of teeth protruding from a thick band of rattan. Fifty-two pig's teeth are woven into a semi-circle of a double layer of rattan. Fine string winds around the teeth to keep them in place and is tied to a thicker string which crosses the open back of the semi-circle.