Card says "Exchange: Mr. Karl, Australia, February 9, 1898 / Still in USNM collections 1/15/[19]42 JW". Originally catalogued as canoe model, mat, sails, paddles, etc.. 3 parts were found in 2005: Canoe model, and 2 paddles.From Card: " Model of ancient Haida canoe with mat sails as formerly used by the Haidas of Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. The sail was reefed or furled by turning the mast around and winding up the mat. This model made by Kwulka-ass or Johnson at Massett, B.C., July 1883. It represents the famous war canoe of the ancient Haidas but is now superceded by the modern model with both sails of cotton cloth or old flour sacks. Mats are occasionally but very rarely used. Purchased at Massett, B.C. July 2, 3883. James G. Swan."Per John Hudson, 11-2-2010, this is a model of the type of canoe called a Head canoe.

FROM CARD: "STYLISTICALLY NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN RATHER THAN OCEANIA."

FROM CARD: "PAINTED RED."Originally cataloged as "Model Of Canoe And Mats (2)" but only 3 paddles remain in the collection.

Provenience uncertain. Catalogue lists locality as Aleutian Islands, but object was later reidentified as Northwest Coast/Tlingit?.Listed on page 46 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".

The paint is red, blue, and black.