FROM TYPED CATALOG CARD: "PINNED TO ONE OF THESE SPECIMENS, ON EXHIBITION IN JUNE 1949 WAS THE FOLLOWING HANDWRITTEN NOTE [note is in James G. Swan's hand]: "MINIATURE HAT WORN BY THE MAKAHS. THE MAKAHS MAKE HATS OF A VARIETY OF PATTERNS, BUT THIS FORM IS THE ONE USUALLY WORN BY THEMSELVES. OTHER KINDS ARE SOLD TO THE WHITES AND ARE SIMPLY IMITATIONS OF THE SHAPE OF OUR STRAW HATS. FROM WHAT I CAN LEARN FROM THE INDIAN TRADITIONS I INFER THAT THE SHAPE OF THIS HAT, WHICH RESEMBLES THE CHINESE HAT, WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY THE PARTY OF CHINAMEN WHO WERE BROUGHT OVER BY MEARES FROM CHINA IN 1788, AND ASSISTED IN THE BUILDING OF THE SCHR. "NORTH WEST AMERICA" WHICH WAS BUILT IN NOOTKA SOUND IN THE SUMMER OF THAT YEAR. NEAH BAY, W. T. MAY 24, 1856. J.G. SWAN."" [A memo in the accession file indicates that the original of this handwritten note was added to the accession papers in 1949, at the request of Department of Anthropology curator John C. Ewers, and it is indeed in the microfilmed copy of the accession file.] FROM THE MORE RECENT TYPED CATALOG CARD: "NOTES FROM SWAN'S ORIGINAL PAPERS: "MINIATURE HATS WORN BY THE MAKAHS. THE MAKAH MAKE HATS OF A VARIETY OF PATTERNS, BUT THIS FORM IS THE ONE USUALLY WORN BY THEMSELVES. OTHER KINDS ARE SOLD TO THE WHITES AND ARE SIMPLY IMITATIONS OF THE SHAPES OF OUR STRAW HATS. FROM WHAT I CAN LEARN FROM THE INDIAN TRADITIONS I INFER THAT THE SHAPE OF THE HAT WHICH RESEMBLES THE CHINA HAT, WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY THE PARTY OF CHINAMEN, WHO WERE BROUGHT OVER BY MEARES FROM CHINA IN 1788, AND ASSISTED IN THE BUILDING OF THE SCH. "NORTH WEST AMERICA" WHICH WAS BUILT IN NOOTKA SOUND DURING THE SUMMER OF THAT YEAR. NEAH BAY, W. T. MAY 24, 1865"." From 2 old museum tags with the hats, as of 2008: "Miniature hats - worn during rain. Made from roots of the spruce tree split into fine strands. Inner cap made from cedar bark and grass." "Miniature conical hats such as are worn by the Indians of W. T. Neeah Bay. J. G. Swan."Though the catalogue lists E1036 as consisting of 4 miniature hats, as of 2008 there are 5 miniature basketry hats with this catalogue number. One is plain/undecorated, height 6 cm., diameter 14.5 cm. Four are black-brimmed painted hats, The four black-brimmed hats range from 8 cm. - 11 cm. in height, and from 15.5 cm. - 18 cm. in diameter. The four black-brimmed hats are illustrated Fig. 9, p. 58 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3).

LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1/2 SENT TO TROCADERO, FRANCE. 1885.May be Sitka Tlingit?: it is identified as collected in Sitka; and also see accession history re the basket part of this accession being from the "Sitka-Kwahn."

FROM CARD: "IMITATED IN STRAW PLAIT. 2/13/67 - 2 LOCATED MARKED A & B."

FROM CARD: "CARVED WOODEN KILLER WHALE WITH LONG FLAT UPRIGHT BACK FIN. PAINTED BLACK. MADE TO WEAR ON TOP OF HEAD, WITH CORDS FOR TYING UNDER WEARER'S CHIN. 'FORMERLY PROPERTY OF OLD SHAKES [Sheiyksh], FORMER CHIEF OF THE NANYAAYI [Naanya.aayí].' ILLUS. BAE AR 26, 1904-05, FIG. 104, P. 418."

FROM CARD: "WIDE, TRUNCATED CONE SHAPED, OF CEDAR BARK, IN TWILLED TWINED WEAVING, (MODIFIED). NATURAL COLOR, HEADBAND INSIDE AND COTTON CLOTH TIES. VERY FINE TIGHT WEAVING, IN FINE CONDITION. (11/1963)."Object is a woman's hat from Yakutat Tlingit, Port Mulgrave, per Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 1168.Alan Zuboff, an elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24. This object is a working hat and would not be used as at.oow (clan property).

CATALOG CARD SAYS SENT TO TROCADERO, FRANCE. 1885.

HAS CATALOG CARD.