FROM CARD: "TWO (BONE HEAD, SHELL HEAD) - ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1888; PL. 27, FIGS. 124-5; P. 286. 1 ARROW ILLUS. IN SMITHSONIAN REPT 1893; PL. 51, FIG. 6; P. 679."FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "ARROW.---SHAFT OF CEDAR; BONE HEAD AND WOODEN FORESHAFT; FEATHERS ATTACHED TO THE SHAFT AT THEIR EXTREMITIES. BILQULA INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), B. C. 20,694. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."

From card: "Upper Village. Stepped handle; elaborate burnt design on blade."

From card: "Plain spatulas."

From card: "Carved from yew? wood."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. Combs play an integral part in many of our stories. Especially when someone is being chased by a supernatural being and they pull out a magic comb. Oftentimes, the comb is put into the ground and a dense forest will appear.

From card: "Recent adaptation of old designs to modern weaving. Designs conventionalized and colored. See Drucker, "Indians of the NW Coast", p. 84, more likely of Salish (rather than Haida) origin." Described on p. 125, cat. entry 90, of Salish Weaving by Paula Gustafson, Univ. of Washington Press, 1980 as: "Fibres: Warp is vegetable fibre; weft is commercial knitting yarn. Colour: Red, yellow, black, green and white. Weave: Twine. History: Blanket. Provenance and collector not known. May be Bella Coola."Karen Anderson (Nuxalk elder), Ian Reid (Heiltsuk), Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk), and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This object could possibly be a child's cape, used for the salmon ceremony or used as a modern day welcome mat. The border of the cape tells one where you come from, your rank, and where you fit into society. These crescent shapes are frequently associated with Salish, but Bella Coola is know for being a mixture of Northern and Southern styles.

From card: "Birch bark neatly made."