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From card: "Worn during the Tlokwalli ceremony by a man who owned a guardian spirit. Cedar bark ring with tresses and with four pendant clam shell rattles. Black feathers bundled with cedar bark tress; pendants of large blue glass beads. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 2b, pg. 434." Identified in Handbook caption as "Head ring of the Black Face Society, worn by a man who owned a guardian spirit. Ring and tresses are cedar bark, from which are suspended clam shell rattles."
From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Dark green seaweed, no pattern."
From card: "The Quileute Indians learned the make of these baskets some 40 years ago [i.e. about 40 years prior to 1917]. With lid; [card has drawing of pattern]; all this type of maple splints."
From card: "Coloring of splits done under Makah influence. Fancy basket, sides twined and inserted; design swimming birds."
From card: "Introduced into Quileute territory very recently. [this note written circa 1917]. Outside vertical strips, inside horizontal sewing of cross twine. Loop edge."
From card: "Introduced by Makah 70 years ago. [i.e. about 70 years prior to 1917.] Brilliant colors; design birds and canoe on side; whorl design on lid."
From card: "8 feet high. One of the corner posts of Tlokwali house situated at Beaver Prairie, Clallam Co., Washington. Carving represents guardian spirit of builder and owner of the house. Anthropomorphic figure cut from log painted red yellow and black. Nose set on."Per Barbara Brotherton, Seattle Art Museum, 2011, house post Cat. # E298996-0 is similar in form to one illustrated on far left in drawing by Ollie Obi in the National Anthropological Archives - NAA INV08655600, Manuscript 1802, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Caption for drawing: "Totem Poles in the Potlatch Hall at La Push, Quileute Reservation, Wash. drawn in the colors as the[y] appear in that hall."
From card: "Introduced recently [basket was catalogued in 1917] (through Makah) among Quileute Indians. All made by Quileute women. Quileutes call these the "standing up" baskets. Double wall inner of rush and outer of flattened grass stem; gaudily dyed. Four loop handles."
From card: "Square basket checker and diaper weaving of natural cedar bark (inner and outer side giving variety) and splints colored dark brown and black. Good specimen."