From card: "Illust. in USNAM AR, 1888, Pl. 60, fig. 315, p. 330. Made of carved wood in two sections. Two concave convex valves, tied together through holes made in their edges. Ornamented with a carved seated human figure in low relief and other designs. This rattle was formerly owned by "Tsilwak" a medicine man of Gold Harbor, Queen Charlottes Islands, British Columbia [presumed to be New Gold Harbour, a.k.a. Haina, on Maude Island not far from Skidegate?]. Loaned to the Whitney Museum of American Art 9-10-71. Returned to the Department of Anthropology 2-9-72. Loan: Crossroads Sep 22, 1988. Loan returned Jan 21, 1993. Illus.: Crossroads of Continents Catalogue; Fig. 378, p. 275. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 12c, pg. 250." Crossroads of Continents catalogue caption identifies as: Shaman's rattle, Haida. "Globular rattles were used by shamans all over the northern coast to combat evil spirits. Both sides of this rattle portray crouching figures, the center one with a beaklike nose, surrounded by others with long U-shaped fins stretching from their heads. The meaning of these figures, like most shamanic art, is derived from supernatural experiences and cannot be deciphered without information from the owner, who in this case was Tsilwax, a shaman from new Gold Harbor in the Queen Charlotte Islands."

From card: "Wood handle carved into form of raven, wood split and bristles caught between. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 8 third and fourth from left, pg. 246. Ill. USNM AR 1888, pl. 45, fig. 251, p. 318. Loan: R. H. Lowie Museum, 12/31/64, loan returned Feb. 15, 1966. Loan: NHB Lobby Exhibit Oct. 24, 1991."Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies as Sitka, it is unclear when or by whom the attribution on catalogue card to "Skittagetan stock", British Columbia was made.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)".

Originally listed in Anthropology catalogue ledger book as dance skirt and leggings. At some point when the catalogue card was typed, only the pair of leggings was listed. However all 3 parts are present as of 2003.