SHAMANIC REGALIA IN THE FAR NORTH. ANAWALT, PATRICIA RIEFF, 2014, Publisher: THAMES AND HUDSON NORTHERN HAIDA MASTER CARVERS. WRIGHT, ROBIN K., 2001, Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS TANGIBLE VISIONS. WARDWELL, ALLEN, 1996 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE HAIDA [OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS]. SWANTON, JOHN R. MEMOIRS, 8, 1905

Gift of Miss Winifred Myrick.

From card: "Obtained 1933 from Harvery Smallboy & John Fletcher. Four vertical stakes, held with top crossbars, sides completely enclosed with horizontal sticks and birchbark on top. Moss over bottom to simulate the natural grass ? whether burial put on top or within this framework."

FROM CARD: "BIRCH-BARK OVER LIGHT WOODEN FRAME; FALSE GUNWALES COVERED WITH FIGURED DESIGN. ROUND BOTTOM; ENDS ALIKE, SHARP, AND CLOSED ON TOP FOR 3 1/4 INCHES AT EACH END; RECURVED SHEER; 2 PADDLES. LENGTH 24"; BEAM 4 1/2"; HEIGHT, AMIDSHIPS, 2 1/2"; ENDS, 4 1/2"; PADDLES, 7 1/2". 2 HUMAN FIGURES, 1 SPEAR, AND 1 TORCH MADE AT MUSEUM FOR PURPOSE OF DEMONSTRATING "FISHING BY TORCHLIGHT", IN OLD HEATING-AND-LIGHTING EXHIBIT. TREATED AT CONSERVATION AND RETURNED 10/10/72 JRR."

From card: "Has porcupine quill embroidery decoration on either side and at ends."Written on the artifact itself in old handwriting: "Chicoutimi, Chateau Saguenay, made by Montagnais Indians"; there also appears to be a price marked of "25." Chicoutimi is a town name, which is now part of Saguenay, Quebec. Chateau Saguenay was the name of a tourist hotel, built in 1898.