Part of a set of twenty-three pieces (parts a-w) of calligraphy samples, in different styles by various calligraphers. The prints consist of black Chinese characters printed on different types of paper. Part g: big characters with three red seals, on a horizontal biscuit-coloured rectangular background.

Part of a set of twenty-three pieces (parts a-w) of calligraphy samples, in different styles by various calligraphers. The prints consist of black Chinese characters printed on different types of paper. Part f: two vertical biscuit-coloured rectangular backgrounds that have small characters with two red seals at one corner, and spread out characters with one red seal near a corner, respectively.

Part of a set of twenty-three pieces (parts a-w) of calligraphy samples, in different styles by various calligraphers. The prints consist of black Chinese characters printed on different types of paper. Part e: two vertical white rectangular backgrounds that have characters with either one or two red seals on one side, respectively.

Part of a set of twenty-three pieces (parts a-w) of calligraphy samples, in different styles by various calligraphers. The prints consist of black Chinese characters printed on different types of paper. Part d: characters with one red seal on one side, on an almost square white background.

Part of a set of twenty-three pieces (parts a-w) of calligraphy samples, in different styles by various calligraphers. The prints consist of black Chinese characters printed on different types of paper. Part a: characters with six red seals on one side and two red seals on the other side, on a biscuit-coloured background.

From card: ""Obtained by Chittenden from an Indian Chief of Kokcilla Tribe at their village on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Explorations of 1888. The 9 figures carved thereon represent the legendary and mythologic characters of northwestern natives. Made from slate deposit A.C. Is., B.C." Removed from Exhibits, Hall 21, Case 86, 11-13-[19]86."

Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".Old cloth label with artifact also references mat needle # E130971.