LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1 of 3 (E203558C) SENT TO BREAUX BRIDGE, LA. 1907.

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 607, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford and object is from Sitka Tlingit.

PEALE # 301. CHIEF'S HEADDRESS WITH A CAP MADE OF DEER SKIN, AND A FRONTLET WHICH IS AN INLAID AND PAINTED MASK. THERE IS A LONG CLOTH TRAILER AT THE BACK, AND THE REMAINS OF FEATHERS, THE QUILLS AND DOWN AROUND THE TOP AND SIDES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ALSO WRITTEN ON MASK "NOOTKA SOUND, JL FOX". VIOLA & MARGOLIS, "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1985, ILLUS. P. 141. THIS FRONTLET & HEADDRESS WERE RECATALOGUED WITH #72969, & A NOTATION READS, "REENTERED, SEPTEMBER 24, 1883"- THE PIECE NO LONGER HAS THIS NUMBER IN IT, BUT RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL NUMBERS. THIS RECATALOGING WAS APPARENTLY DONE AFTER THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA. ON THE RETURN PERHAPS ITS TAG HAD BEEN LOST. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.FROM CARD: "INLAID WITH ABALONE SHELL. MARKED "NOOTKA SOUND" WITH ORIGINAL NUMBER. HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL NUMBER APPEARS TO BE 301 NOT 296. ACCORDING TO THE 'PEALE' CATALOG THIS SHOULD BE 296 [?]."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 did not go to Canada, but did reach 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 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. The fact that this is marked "Nootka sound.", i.e. possibly Nootka?, is evidence for the HBC as the source of this mask.

FROM CARD: "#175523 FITS ON TOP OF THIS. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 38; P. 415. COLLECTOR'S TAG: DGUNA AFTER HE TURNED INTO MAN FROM THUNDER BIRD. NO. 33 FITS ON THE HEAD OF THIS ONE. SHOWED BY THE GAMGAMTALAT NAMIMAT."Catalogued as collected in a Tsimshian area, but not typical Tsimshian style, and object is illustrated by Boas in USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 38; P. 415 as Kwakiutl. Also, #175523, which is identified as fitting on top of this, is identified as Kwakiutl.Mask Representing G'a'mtalal.

METAL BLADE 28.5 CM LONG. HAFT WRAPPED WITH LEATHER THONG, LEATHER STRAP BROKEN. HAFT ENDING IN HUMAN HEAD CARVED OF WOOD, WITH COPPER INLAY EYES AND CROWN-LIKE ORNAMENT. LEATHER DETERIORATED.

Note that canoe 1785 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 104 of USNM Bulletin No. 18. It is described there as a Northwest coast wooden sea canoe model of the type used by the Indians of northwest coast in hunting and fishing.

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 614, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford.

FROM CARD: "9244-54. NOS. 9244, 9250 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIGS. 34, 32; P. 394. 9244, 9248, 9252, 9253, 9254: THESE 5 SPECIMENS WERE LENT TO RENWICK "BOXES AND BOWLS" EXHIBITION ON 11-7-73. RETURNED 8-24-76. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. (SEE FRONT OF CARD). LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76." FROM CARD: "WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF. TRANSFERRED FROM ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM IN 1870. LOANED RENWICK 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."