FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 3RD AR, PL. XIX, FIGS. 43-4, P. 183." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---WOOD, HOLLOWED OUT UNDERNEATH TO FIT TOP OF HEAD, AND CARVED AND PAINTED ON TOP AND IN FRONT TO REPRESENT EYES, TEETH, AND MUZZLE OF SOME ANIMAL. ATTACHED TO AND PENDANT BEHIND ARE BODY, TAIL, AND GILLS CUT FROM THICK PAPER AND PAINTED TO REPRESENT A FISH. WORN IN DANCES BY HAIDAH INDIANS, S. W. PART OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. LENGTH OF WOOD, 9 1/2 INS WIDTH, 7 1/4 INS. TOTAL LENGTH, 18 INS. PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO, 1875. 20,890. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN. POSSIBLY A REPRESENTATION OF THLAMA (A SKATE FISH), WHICH SOME OF THE HAIDAH INDIANS HOLD IN HIGH REGARD." SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. See p. 206-207 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright identifies this object as having been collected by James G. Swan from Duncan ginaawaan at Klinkwan in 1875.

From card: "Stiff band of barked [sic, should be bark] covered by diagonal wrapping of cedar bark cord, and tufted band of same at the upper edge. At rear two bands of cedar cords crossed over a bunch frayed cedar bark from an ornament. Worn in ceremonies."

FROM CARD: "CONTENTS OF A MEDICINE MAN'S OR SHAMAN'S BOX." THREE WOODEN HUMAN FIGURES WITH BODIES PAINTED RED AND FACES BLACK, RED, AND GREEN. MOUNTED ON FAN-LIKE FRAME OF SMALL BIRD WING FEATHERS, WITH BASE OF LEATHER. CAT. #'S 68001-68010 ARE BOX AND CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATED IN OLD CATALOG BOOK. LOANED TO THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN 09/13/76. LOAN RETURNED 7/28/1977."

FROM CARD: "LOAN: THE TEXTILE MUSEUM, 4/30/65." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---THE FRONT PART, WORN OVER FOREHEAD, IS OF WOOD ELABORATELY CARVED AND PAINTED TO REPRESENT HEAD AND FRONT PAWS OF A BEAR. THE EYEBROWS, PUPILS, NOSE, LIPS, AND PROJECTING TONGUE ARE OF COPPER. THE TEETH ARE ROWS OF SMALL WHITE SHELLS. ATTACHED TO BACK IS A FRAMEWORK OR BASKET TO FIT HEAD OF WEARER. BEHIND ARE PENDANT STRIPS OF CEDAR ROPE AND PADDLE-SHAPED STRIPS OF WOOD, WHICH CLASH TOGETHER WHEN MOVED. WORN IN DANCING BY HAIDAH INDIANS, PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. LENGTH ON TOP, 1 FOOT. HEIGHT IN FRONT, 8 INCHES. LENGTH BEHIND, 2 FEET. PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO, 1876. 20,866." SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. See p. 206-207 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright identifies this object as having been collected by James G. Swan from Duncan ginaawaan at Klinkwan in 1875.

FROM CARD: "DANCING ORNAMENT DYED RED. #20849 HEAD DRESS - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. 18, FIG. 67, P. 270." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEADDRESSES.---MADE OF CEDAR BARK ROPE, STAINED RED WITH THE JUICE OF THE ALDER. WORN IN THE WINTER CEREMONIAL DANCES OF THE KWAKIUTL AND OTHER SOUTHERN COAST INDIANS. HOODSINOO INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN FAMILY), ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,849, 20,910. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. THIS STYLE IS BORROWED BY THE NORTHERN INDIANS AND WORN BY THEM IN THEIR CEREMONIALS, BUT NOT WITH THE SAME SIGNIFICANCE AS IN THE SOUTH."Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies E20849, 20850 and 20910 as original number 70, and lists as Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu Tlingit], Admiralty Island, Alaska. List in accession file identifies no people or locality for original # 70. The old exhibit labels for E20910 have conflicting locality information, with one saying Admiralty Island, and the other Fort Wrangell.

Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.

FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS (QUAI-U-BADDY). - CIRCULAR BAND OF CEDAR-BARK FIBER, 1 1/2 INCHES BROAD, PENDANT BEHIND BEING LONG BUNCHES OF SAME. ON EACH SIDE ARE TWO ERECT TUFTS OF FEATHERS, AND IN FRONT A HORIZONTAL TUFT, WRAPPED WITH FIBER AND RED FLANNEL CLOTH. WORN IN TSIARK OR MEDICINE-DANCE."

FROM CARD: "WOOD. A NATION OF NATIONS 12/75. LOAN RETURNED AUG 1988."Florence Sheakley, Alan Zuboff, Ruth Demmert, and Linda Wynne made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object seems relatively modern and may have been made solely for trade. This object is made mostly of painted over moosehide, and the hair coming from the top of the object may be grass, while the stiff fibers could be cedar or porcupine quill. The design on this object may be a hummingbird or a raven because of the frog face on the underside of the object. The handle on the bottom may either be a tongue or just there for the wearer to hold the hat better if it is being danced.