FROM CARD: "COLLECTOR: W. H. DALL*. REMARKS: *THE EXPLANATION OF A TAG ON THIS SPECIMEN, WITH THE NAME: "E. P. HERENDEN", IS NOT CLEAR, THO THERE ARE OTHER SPECIMENS (ESKIMO) IN THE COLLECTIONS FROM THIS COLLECTOR. CYLINDRICAL, SOFT WOVEN BASKET, BUT VERY TIGHTLY DONE, PLAIN TWINED WEAVING WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN TWO COLORS OF FALSE EMBROIDERY ON THE OUTSIDE. A VERY FINE BASKET. 11/1963 STARTED TO SPLIT ON ONE SIDE."

From Card: "Masts and poles (5) transferred back to Division of Ethnology from the Division of Engineering, Jan 25, 1934 [Canoe model is out on] Loan: Museo Nacional de Antropologia [Museo Nacional de las Culturas, Mexico City], May 18, 1964." Loan returned 2012.

FROM CARD: "16388-92. 16391 ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 1B, PG. 2."Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 606, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford and object is from Sitka Tlingit.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 24TH AR, FIG. 983, P. 740."

REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983.Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 624, describes this object as "stone hammer, formerly in use among Sitka Thlinkets." Dall also notes that he had about six inches sawed off the handle, to pack it better.

Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 619, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford.

FROM CARD: "MODEL CARVED FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD, WITH TWO THWARTS, WHICH ORIGINALLY HAD FIGURES SITTING ON THEM BUT WHICH WERE NOT PRESENT IN 1963-R. ELDER. ORIGINALLY HAD WHITE PAINT OUTSIDE AND RED INSIDE BUT MOST OF IT HAS COME OFF. ON THE PROW END THERE IS A HEAVY WOODEN EXTENSION FOR BREAKING THE WAY THROUGH ICE. THOUGH ORIGINAL CARD SAID WAS "BADLY DAMAGED", AS A WHOLE THERE IS NO DAMAGE (EXCEPT PAINT LOSS AND THE MISLAYING OF THE FIGURES) NOV. 1963. R. ELDER."

FROM CARD: "CUT OUT OF LIGHT YELLOW WOOD, ELABORATELY CARVED AND FANCIFULLY PAINTED. REPRESENTS THE DUCK (THE BODY FORMING THE RATTLE BOX) WITH THE MEDICINE-MAN (SHAMAN) ON ITS BACK. THE DUCK'S TAIL IS NEARLY UPRIGHT AND IS CARVED TO REPRESENT A GROTESQUE FACE, WITH A LONG BILL EXTENDING TO THE SHAMAN'S MOUTH, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUCKING POISON THERE FROM; ON THIS BILL ARE TWO SMALL FROGS. THE HANDLE EXTENDS FROM THE REAR PART OF THE DUCKS BODY. LENGTH, 12 1/2 INCHES. NO. ON PRINTED LABEL 1,138 AN ERROR."

REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983.No catalog card found in card file