FROM CARD: "RAVEN. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 82; P. 451. AN ORIGINAL TAG HAS SOME WRITING, HALF OF WHICH IS IN SHORTHAND SO CAN'T BE MADE OUT, BUT ON THE BACK ARE THESE ITEMS: "QOMOQUE (RICH ONE, AN UNDERSEA SPIRIT) QOAGOAXWALANUXIWAT (RAVEN OF THE CANNIBAL)."Transcription (with notes) [and translation] by Rainer Hatoum, of notes in Boas handwriting on old tag: Hamx'siwe. Raven. 3 // With (an) eagleskin (hanging) to (the) waist. (The dancer wears a) Laqaq on (the) arms, also (at the) elbows and at wrist; (he wears an) ordinary(?) neckring Waistband, knee and ankles. By marriage from Bellabella. Ein Häuptling (wurde) auf (einer) xxx (Insel?) verlassen von seinem Sklaven. Er weint(e.) Und ein Mann weckte ihn (4 Mal.) [A chief (was) abandoned on (an) xxx (island?) by his slave. He cried(.) And a man woke him (4 times.)] (Beim) 4ten Mal biss er (, der fremde Mann, ein) Loch in sein Blanket und sah hindurch. Es war die Maus. Er sagt(:) Ich sah dich kommen. (Er) öffnet (einen) …[(At) the 4th time he bit (the strange man, a) hole in his blanket and looked through it. It was the mouse. He says(:) I saw you coming. (He) opens (a) ...//] Felsen und geht hinein. Hinaus(?) ist(/kam der) Rabe (und stand) an der Türe. Das ist diese Maske. Es war Q'o'moque' // Qoa'qoax walanuxsiwae. Auch im Lao'laxa gebraucht.[rock and goes in. Out came raven (and stood) at the door. It is this mask. It was Q'o'moque'.Qoa'qoax walanuxsiwae. Also used in the Lao'laxa.] Eagle waist, no arms. 169,114

FROM CARD: "KILLER-WHALE. HEAD SPLIT FORMING TWO PROFILES TOUCHING AT DORSAL FIN OVER HEAD. SIDE FINS ON SIDES OF BODY. PAINTED BY MR. WALTERS. 9/8/70 LOANED TO NAT. GALL. ARTS. 9/22/70 RETURNED FROM NGA."

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 133; P. 486."

FROM CARD: "BIRD'S HEAD WITH A VERY LONG BEAK WITH A MOVABLE JAW, WITH LONG STRINGS OF CEDAR BARK HANGING FROM LOWER PART OF HEAD AND TUFTED ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD. PAINTED BLACK EXCEPT FRONT PART OF THE HEAD, AND THE EYE, NOSTRIL AND EDGES OF THE BEAK OUTLINED IN RED. USED IN THE FOURTH DANCE. REFER TO: USNM. REP. 1895, PL. 78, P. 449. ILLUS.: P. 67, PL.30, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982. LOANED TO RENWICK 12/3/81. RETURNED 1983. CANNIBAL CRANE MASK, CA. 1880-94. NAKWOKTAK KWAKIUTL INDIANS; FORT RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. CEDAR; RED, WHITE, AND BLACK PAINT; SHREDDED CEDAR BARK; NATIVE CEDAR TWINE; IRON PLATE AND RIVETS 38 1/2 X 61 1/2 X 7 (97.8 X 156.2 X 17.9) NMNH 169106; COLLECTED BY FRANZ BOAS. THE KWAKIUTL SAW MYRIAD FORCES AT WORK IN THE WORLD, ALL NEEDING TO BE BALANCED. THROUGH RITUAL THIS BALANCE WAS ACHIEVED. THE CANNIBAL CRANE WAS A MYTHICAL CREATURE THAT PREYED UPON MEN, JUST AS MAN PREYS UPON OTHER CREATURES FOR HIS FOOD. DURING THE LONG, COMPLEX WINTER CEREMONIALS, THESE CREATURES APPEARED IN THE HUMAN WORLD, THREATENING TO BRING DESTRUCTION TO THE HUMAN SOCIAL ORDER. TO ALLAY THEM, HUMANS REAFFIRMED THROUGH THEIR RESPONSIBILITES TO THE SPIRITS. CONT.SEE CARD.According to Marianne Nicolson (artist/researcher), Brian Nicolson and Mike Willie of the Dzawada'enuxw First Nation of British Columbia, "this represents a huxwhukw, a type of crane which may be extinct."Ho'xhoku Mask.

FROM CARD: "OF BEAR DANCE OF THE GUSGEMOX. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 112-C; P. 474."

From card: "Front represents "Milky Way, side, the fabulous? A "hamatsa" head ring (see Boas, USNM AR 1895, p. 437ff) Illustrated in Boas p. 442, fig. 63 also in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 18, fig. 70, p. 272."

From card: "Boas had put the name :"Bilhula" on this mask. Name: "Satlpata" also has been applied. A wooden mask with a movable jaw, front part painted graphite grey, with red accentuations. Top of head and underneath part of jaw hung with long strings of cedar bark. Nose part comes out in an open loop. Refer to: USNM Report, 1895, fig. 200, p. 650."Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This mask is used as part of the the man-eater dance society. I've never seen caps like this for Bella Coola masks, most of the masks are strapped right to the back. This mask was worn by initiates.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 129; P. 484."