From card: "Of wood; shank carved to represent [?] ; iron barb missing. Cotton cord. Other carved to represent fish. Iron barb."

FROM CARD: 8944 A,B,C,D. NAME: *CHOP STICKS [sic], EATING STICKS. *BERRY SPOONS. REMARKS: CARVED WHALEBONE. 1 AND 2 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 41, FIG. 224; P. 318. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N106, P.156. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25, 1988." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "8,944A. SPOON.-MADE OF WHALEBONE; LONG AND FLAT, AND SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE A SPATULA. ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. LENGTH, 14 7/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 2 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 8,944. COLLECTED BY DR. A. H. HOFF, U.S.A."Entry on E8944A - D in Army Medical Museum ledger book for Section 6, Miscellaneous Section, under A.M.M. number 378: Received October 29, 1869, from Bvt. Col. A.H. Hoff, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A. - "Two pairs of "chop-sticks" [sic] - implements use by the Indians about Sitka in taking their food."Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Originally the design on this spoon was used as a filler design, but today people attribute it to Deisheetan clan, who have a bear design. The presence of a finger design suggests this object comes from Kaagwaantaan clan. This is part of a set that includes E8944A-0, E8944B-0, E8944C-0, E8944D-0

From card: "...B) whale bone; curved shaft, circular carved head."Listed on page 46 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 (Tools)".

Per Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 615, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford.Listed on page 46 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 (Tools)".

Listed on page 47 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 (Tools)".

CYLINDRICAL GRIP, ROUNDED BELLY, RIDGED BACK. STRING OF BRAIDED SINEW, SQUARE IN CROSS-SECTION.

From card: "Wallet like. Made by Makah, sold to Tsihilis (Chehalis) & Chinuks (Chinooks)."Card records locality as Bruseport, Wash. but notes that Bruseport is unknown and that this may possibly be Boistfort. Another more likely possibililty is that this is Bruceport.