CYLINDRICAL BASKET WITH ROUNDED BASE AND FLARED SIDES MADE OF SPRUCE ROOT AND BEARGRASS. THE RIM CONSTRUCTION IS OVERCAST, WITH LOOPS OF ROOT SEWN ON, AND A RAWHIDE THONG LACED THROUGH LOOPS. THE BASE CONSISTS OF TWO GROUPS OF WARPS (4 TOTAL) SEWN TOGETHER, WITH PLAIN TURNING. THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF OVERLAY WITH ALTERNATING COLORS OF BROWN AND WHITE. PUBLICATION: ILLUS. IN "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," BY VIOLA & MARGOLIS, S.I. PRESS 1985, P. 144. U.S.N.M. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902, ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, OTIS MASON, PL. 165, P. 548. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, 1987-89. RETURNED FROM SITES, 1988.From card: "#2709 - Illus.in USNM Rept, 1902; Pl. 165; p. 548."ILLUS. FIG. 7, P. 48 AND DISCUSSED P. 47 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984 AND ID THERE AS STIFF-TWINED BASKET, SPRUCE ROOTS, OVERLAY DECORATION DESIGN IS CALLED "CASCADE" AMONG PUGET SOUND SALISH. QUINAULT MANUFACTURE BUT MOST LIKELY COLLECTED FROM THE TWANA.

From card: "Skin cap with "tail"; decorated with dentalium shells sewn in pairs forming an over-all geometric pattern with four bead-centered shell rosettes down center back of "tail." Crown has large tuft of cut feathers forming a top knot; pendant feathers and fur edge cap and tail."

FROM CARD: "ILLUSTRATED IN MASON'S CRADLES OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES, USNM AR, 1887; FIG.7, P. 170. ALSO IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 206(B), P.514."Wooden cradle (model or toy), stained red on exterior, with native string loop lacing which firmly holds doll in place. Doll is made of stuffed buckskin, covered with two layers of cloth; only head and feet are visible. Cedar bark bundle is attached, presumably used for head flattening. Has original Peale # label.Entry on cradle model in Peale catalogue # 116 identifies it: "Model of cradle, made by the natives of Oregon to show the manner of flattening the heads of their children." Peale catalogue entry # 38 also mentions this cradle model. There is a doll in the cradle. Caption in USNM AR for 1887 calls this cradle Chinook. The illustrations of this object in the old USNM publications depict a long pad attached to the headboard and extending over the child's forehead and lashed down on either side of cradle, as part of the head flattening process. This pad is not present with the cradle model as of 2010. A similar cradle is shown in an drawing by Alfred T. Agate engraved by T.H. Mumford "Indian Mode of Rocking Cradle". See Charles Wilkes, 1798-1877, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842., 1845 edition, Philadelphia. Printed from original "official" 1844 Philadelphia publication plates ed., 5 vols. (Philadephia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845). Illustration appears on page 361, Volume 4. This cradle is also similar to one depicted in an engraving of a Chinook cradle with head-binding device, Columbia River area, p. 307 of Volume 1 of Belcher, Edward, and Richard Brinsley Hinds. 1843. Narrative of a voyage round the world: performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur during the years 1836-1842 : including details of the naval operations in China from Dec. 1840 to Nov. 1841. London: H. Colburn. See also Catlin cradle # E73312.

PLAIN, TWINED, WOOL BELT WITH LONG FRINGE AT EITHER END. THE BELT IS WOVEN IN PATTERNED SECTIONS OF ZIGZAG LINES IN RED, BLUE AND NATURAL COLORS. PUBLICATION: S.I. ANNUAL REPORT, 1928, PL. 13, P. 646. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.From card: "Mountain goat. Made of wool, woven into s band about 2 1/2" wide, and in a pattern of plain white ornamented with red and blue colors in zigzag. Each end has a fringe 16" long. Illus.: ARSI, 1928; Pl. 13; p. 646."Illus. Fig. 42, p. 102 (detail), in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.

This canoe model is described in Collins Boat Ms. p. 915: "Northwest Coast dugout canoe. Used by Indians in the Northwest Coast of America for travelling, hunting, fishing, etc.. ... An open keeless dugout; painted; sharp, high, projecting ends; round bilge; narrow, flat floor; much sheer on top; three thwarts, forward one with mast-hole; two paddles, with spear-shaped blades and cross-bar handles. ... Paddles missing ... Apl 20 [18]99.""OREGON. R. R. W[aldron]" IS WRITTEN ON THE ARTIFACT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE # LABEL.Note: Neg. #s 2002-12257 and 2002-12296 are photos of this canoe model with paddle models Catalogue # E642. Illus. p. 257 and described on p. 257 and p. 383 of Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as Lower Columbia River type.Note: There is some question as to whether the two paddles currently numbered E1871-0 actually belong with E1871-0. They are both numbered 1871 in old handwriting, but the larger paddle is also marked "Oregon by R. R. Waldron Ex. Ex. b.17", which would imply it was from the U.S. Exploring Expedition, Accession No. 66A00050. If the paddles are from the Exploring Expedition, one possible catalogue number might be E2583-0?, which is supposed to have paddles, according to the catalogue, but currently those have not been located.Provenience note, in 1841 Oregon Territory encompassed the land from Russian Alaska to Spanish California and from the Pacific to the Continental Divide. The U.S. Exploring Expedition reached Oregon Territory in 1841, and carried out a hydrographic survey of the Columbia River from its mouth to the Cascades, as well as doing some surveying inland.They also had dealings with Hudson's Bay Company staff during that time, and it is probable that the HBC is the source of a number of the Northwest Coast artifacts collected by the expedition.

From card: "Dyed, large." Group of thin sticks.

FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM WOOD. SURMOUNTED BY A HUMAN FIGURE."Peale # 251. Peale catalogue describes #s 251-253 as "Wooden combs made by the natives of Oregon."Comb carved from single piece of wood. On one side of upper portion a seated human figure is carved into a recessed niche. It faces forward, with hands resting on abdomen. On reverse side, the head of a bear is carved in the round. Nine teeth form base of comb.