From card: "Wooden staff of Indian doctor used in incantations."E60210 and E60211 are both catalogued as doctor's staffs. There are 2 entries in the list in the accession file that appear to describe these objects. One entry lists "1 carved, long staff, Doctors, [from] Kootzahoo (i.e. Hutsnuwu Tlingit). The other entry lists "1 medicine stick, long, [from] Hoonia" (i.e. Hoonah). Unfortunately, it is unclear which description applies to which staff, though it can be speculated that the carved staff may be E60210?

Note: This object is identified on catalogue card as being from the "Kutznoo" Tlingit. In the accession record information from the donor "Kutznoo" is spelled "Kootznoo" (a.k.a. Kootznahoo). Accession record calls this "Piece of bone carving, charm carried on breast, Kootznoo tribe of Indians" and also gives latitude and longitude - Lat 57° 30' N, Long 134° - 21'-30 W.

LEDGER SAYS SENT TO MUSEO DE LA PLATA. 1905. Since original object is still in the collections, perhaps it was a cast that was sent instead?From card: "Of marble, held a long time in the Tagwayta family of the Hootz-ah-tai gwan through many generations of chiefs. See Cat. No. 229785 under Anthropological Lab. for 3 casts. Illus. in the Far North catalog, Nat. Gall. of Art, 1973, p. 195. [Identified there as a ceremonial bowl or mortar.] Loan: Dec. 31, 1964 R. H. Lowie Museum, Retd: Feb. 15, 1966. Loan: Natl. Gallery of Art October 20, 1972, Retd: May 29, 1973. Loan: The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 12/3/75; Returned 3-25-76. Loaned to the Art Institute of Chicago 6/22/77; Returned 12/1/77. Lent to Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (Brussels), 8-18-92; Loan Returned, 1-26-93."Collector Emmons in accession record information (which has been added to the catalogue card) attributes this piece as: "held a long time in the Taqwayta (accession record) / Tagwayta (catalogue card) family of the Hootz-ah-tai gwan through many generations of chiefs." It can be assumed that the Taqwayta/Tagwayta family probably refers to the Teikweidi clan. Provenance for this object is probably similar/same to that of E221184, i.e. purchased by Emmons in 1903 from a member of the Teikweidi clan in Killisnoo or Angoon, Alaska (see remarks for E221184).

FROM CARD: "FOR BASKET MAKING. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60; PL. 12, NO. 10; P. 48."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 15 on list) appears to attribute this to the Hutsnuwu Tlingit of Angoon. List identifies this object as a "Woman's knife of blue mussel shell used by women for basket making."Listed on page 114 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "History of the Jackknife".

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42, FIG. 233; P. 318."Listed on page 42 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".

FROM CARD: "60162-65. #60165 (LADLE AND BOWL) - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 39, FIGS. 201-2; P. 316. 60,165: LABEL READS: 'TLINKIT INDIANS'."

Accession file identifies original #91, Catalogue No. E20876, as stone mortar and pestle from Koutznow [i.e. Hutsnuwu people], Alaska. Anthropology Catalogue ledger book lists locality as Admiralty Island.