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FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 91; P. 456."
From card: "Carrying basket. A very fine old specimen purchased from Dr and Mrs A. J. Comstock, Ventura Cal. It has been in their collection for many years."
FROM CARD: "WITH A FIGURE INSIDE."On exhibit in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as salmon carving with human figure inside, Tlingit.
Note: Locality and cultural identification in Anthropology ledger book and catalogue card list this as Haida, Cusarn Bay, Prince of Wales Archipelago, Scowallis [sic] Tribe. It may be speculated that this is actually [Chief] Skowal's [a.k.a. Skowl] tribe, Kasaan?
FROM CARD: "DANCE RATTLE OR CLAPPER CARVED FROM WOOD IN THE SHAPE OF A SHORT THICK PADDLE, SPLIT LONGITUDINALLY ACROSS ITS WIDTH. ONE SECTION IS SOLID WITH ITS HANDLE; THE OTHER IS HINGED TO HANDLE WITH A NOTCH BONE SPRING. THE FLAT SIDES OF EACH SECTION ARE HOLLOWED OUT LIKE A SPOON. THE WOOD IS STAINED BLACK. ILLUS. IN BULLETIN 136, USNM, PL. 8-J, P. 121."