From card: "Trans. fr. Boat Hall to Div. Ethnol. Oct 23, 1899. Refer: Collins' MS. p. 880." From H. Collins' Smithsonian Boat Collection Ms. p. 880: "Makah sealing canoe. Used by the Makah Indians at Neah Bay, Washington, chiefly for hunting the fur seal. Collected by J.G. Swan, Neah Bay, Washington, 1887 [sic, should be 1884]. A open flat bottom, keeless dugout canoe, with flaring sides; long, sharp, overhanging bow, terminating in beak-like point; nearly vertical sharp stern; rather straight on top except at bow which curves up sharply. Painted black all outside."This canoe is described in some detail (identified as the 15 foot canoe) in James Swan's letter dated October 16, 1884, filed in accession # 15152. It is also listed as # 39 on the Swan invoice/list dated October 30, 1884 in accession 15152. Paddles E74771 may go with this canoe? See remarks for E74771.

FROM CARD: "25 CTS. ."

Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies Catalogue #s E20827 and E20911 as Swan original # 61. List in accession file identifies # 61 as "1 box containing complete outfit of an Indian medicine man, Hannegan Indians, Klawark village, P. of Wales Island, Alaska." Catalogue Nos. E20828 - 38 may be related objects?

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED."

11 PIECES OF ROOT?

FROM CARD: "FOR DEEP SEA AND WAR."Listed on page 44 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: "APRIL 1963 AN UNNUMBERED BUNDLE OF CEDARBARK WAS FOUND IN THE COLLECTION AND IT WAS MARKED AS ? THIS OR NO. 209924. PREPARED FOR USE. DEPOSITED."

From card: "0f bear claws and quills of eagles fastened to a band of moose hide. The claws are perforated at the tips and a cord is run through them holding them in order when the crown is worn. The quills are in three bunches forming unique rattle ornaments. Purchase Order #63457."