FROM CARD: "$12.00. TWO SEPARABLE PIECES, FORMING A WHOLE. UPPER PART - 29" H. 4-3/4" W. 4-1/4" DIA. BASE-17-1/4"1. 5-1/4" W. 4-3/4" H. REPAIRED AND RESTORED AT CONSERVATION 3/23/1973." FROM SWAN'S HANDWRITTEN LIST IN ACCESSION RECORD: "FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA. KYGANI BRANCH OF THE HAIDA FAMILY OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS."From tag in James Swan's hand with artifact: "Fur seal hunter with a seal in his hands nearly split in two. The hunters feet rest on the bears head, and the whole stand on the back of the sea lion. This interesting group is from the Prince of Wales archipelago and an allegorical and descriptive. No 19 $12.00."

Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.

FROM CARD: "AS OF 1994 THERE IS 1 MAT WITH THIS #."

FROM CARD: "BOX COVER DESIGN."

BELT OR TUMP LINE MADE OF BOTH PROTEIN AND CELLULOSE FIBER. Catalogue number most likely either E23473 or E23476, in the James G. Swan collection. - F. Pickering 8-1-2006Illus. Fig. 43, p. 102, in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.E23472, ET14189, and E23470 are visible in a display case at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901, as part of the Smithsonian Institution and United States National Museum exhibits in the United States Government Building, featuring "American Aboriginal Handicraft Types of Weaving" presented by Department of Anthropology. USNM Neg. No. 13764. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 62A, Folder 12, Image No. SIA_000095_B62A_F12_003. https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_401053 .