There is an old circa 1876 tag with the artifacts in Swan's hand: "Needles for making rush mats. Towanahoo Indians, Hood Canal, W.T.".

STRAIGHT-SIDED CYLINDRICAL BASKET MADE OF CATTAIL, BEARGRASS AND CEDAR BARK. THE RIM HAS A FALSE BRAID WITH CEDAR ROOT ADDED AND LOOPS OF TWISTED BRANCH (HAZEL?) ALL ROUND. THE BASE HAS A 2/2 TWILL OVERLAID WITH BEARGRASS AND BLACK-DYED CEDAR BARK. THE DESIGN TECHNIQUES INCLUDE OVERLAY, COLOR ALTERATION REVERSE (FULL TWIST OVERLAY) PATTERN ON INSIDE RIM. THE RIM DESIGN HAS ELBOW- LEGGED DOGS. THE BODY DESIGN CONSISTS OF SALMON GILLS IN DIAGONAL ROWS, UP TO LEFT IN BROWN AND BLACK ON WHITE BACKGROUND. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAUTRAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION. ILLUS. FIG. 3 & 4, P. 46 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS SOFT-TWINED BASKET; LOOPS OF TWISTED CEDAR ROOTS AT RIM, TWANA, DECORATED IN OVERLAY WITH DESIGNS OF DOGS IN RIM AREA AND SALMON GILLS IN MAIN FIELD.

BASKET MADE FROM CATTAIL, BEARGRASS & CEDAR BARK. THE RIM IS CONSTRUCTED OF A FALSE BRAID WITH CEDAR ROOT & BEARGRASS ADDED, WITH TWISTED BRANCH FOR LOOPS ALL AROUND,(SOME ARE MISSING). THE BASE HAS SPIRAL PLAIN TWINING WITH PARTIAL OVERLAY OF BEARGRASS TO FORM CONCENTRIC CIRCLES. THE BASKET IS DECORATED WITH ROWS OF DARK BROWN STARS AND BACKBONE DESIGNS ALTERNATING IN HORIZONTAL BANDS, FIVE IN ALL, DARK ON LIGHT. EXAMINED AND DESCRIBED BY CAROLYN MARR. ILLUS. FIG. 5 & 6, P. 47 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984. IDENTIFIED ON P. 46 OF THIS PUBLICATION AS TWANA BUT " ... ATYPICAL OF TWANA WORK, RESEMBLING THE NEIGHBORING CHEHALIS AND QUINAULT, WHO ALSO USE THE SAME BORDER DESIGN, CALLED 'FLIES' OR 'STARS' .... THE MAIN DESIGN DEPICTS TWO TYPES OF FISH BACKBONE PATTERNS, VARIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS STURGEON, HERRING AND SALMON .... THE BASE IS PLAIN TWINING WITH PARTIAL OVERLAY ..."FROM CARD: "NO. 7571: EXCHANGE. MRS. J. G. SAYERS. 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4/10/1897."

LARGE BASKET. OLD PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: USNM ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902, ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, OTIS MASON, PL. 164, P. 436. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.ILLUS. FIG. 2, P. 45 AND DISCUSSED P. 46 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS TWANA SOFT-TWINED BASKET, CALLED T'KAYAS, USED FOR HOUSEHOLD STORAGE OF BLANKETS AND CLOTHING, LOOPS OF TWISTED CEDAR ROOTS AT RIM FOR TYING BASKET SHUT, DECORATED IN OVERLAY OF CEDAR BARK AND BEAR GRASS WITH DESIGNS OF DOGS IN RIM AREA AND STARFISH IN MAIN FIELD, A SMALL BIRD FIGURE (HORNED GREBE) MARKS THE SEAM AT THE RIM. Illus. Fig. 9.9, p. 207 in Brotherton, Barbara. 2008. S'abadeb = The gifts : Pacific Coast Salish arts and artists. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press. Figure caption identifies as Twana, Skokomish, early 19th century, cattail leaves, bear grass, cedar bark, soft twined basket. Margaret Mathewson concurs with Skokomish attribution.