In addition to the fish line, there are 3 wooden pieces with this object that may be fish lures or parts of fish lures. Two have labels glued on in James Swan's hand: One says "No 15, Kark te whaddie. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery W.T. From James G. Swan, Port Townsend, W.T. Nobember 20th 1882." The second says "Kark te waddie, used in fishing to attract fish, Makah Indians W.T., Neah Bay, W.T. J.G. Swan, Nov. 20th 1882."

The paint is red, black, and gray.

The paint is red.

The subject of this carving is the Salmon-Boy, who was taken away by the salmon people because he made disparaging remarks about one of their dead, calling it moldy. He didn't know he was among salmon; they seemed like humans to him. When the salmon tribe dispersed to go to their various spawning streams the boy, now a salmon, was caught by his grieving parents. They found him inside the salmon and, when he came to life, he taught his people how to treat salmon so they would continue to give themselves to men. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

The paint is black.

Ribbon-reed Canada-goose lure, painted on each side with black design filled in with red. Unnumbered.; Good

Wooden cod lure with carved sea-wolf(?) head and decorated with black and red painted designs. Cotton string is wound around the piece just below the head.

Grey-green/brown wood wolf's head and four long petal-shaped pieces glued by pitch to the neck, then tied with strips of red-brown birch bark. The wolf is carved with tapering oval eyes, grooved pointed ears, a rounded nose, and a tongue that hangs out.

Carved wooden lure (parts a-c), conical in shape. The body (part a) consists of a cone structure with a smaller cone mounted on top. Three, long wooden paddle-shaped projections are attached to the long cone with nails and are bound to the top with red cherry bark. Two projections are broken in half (part b-c), and the other is split lengthwise, at the bottom. There is an old adhesive, red and white label affixed to one half of broken projection that reads ‘Fish lure, Saanich Arm, 19-3’.