From card: "Wrapped or birdcage weaving, warp of cedar twigs, weft of spruce root splints, flannel bag to go over the head for carrying." From Emmons tag with the artifact: "Kwakiutl basket from East + N.W. coast of Vancouver Id used for shellfish, roots for carrying ones back. The ribs of basket are cedar twigs. The woof intertwining of spruce root."

From card: "Same as "A" except thinner, and the carving on the face, across the center only, represents a bird with wing spread above, and a large hooked beak - Right edge, in front of the beak, has a minor split off. Loaned to IAIA Santa Fe, NM April 1, 1966. Loan Returned Nov 28 1966. Loaned to the Whitney Museum of American Art on Sept. 10, 1971. Returned to the Department of Anthropology 2-9-72. Loan Glenbow Nov 13 1987. Loan returned Nov 25 1988. Illus.: The Spirit Sings catalogue, Glenbow-Alberta Inst., 1987, #N8, p. 134. Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 7, Northwest Coast, Fig. 5b, pg. 460."

From card: "Half of an old box top, the front portion laid with the different teeth of a sea otter. Such pieces are very old and are greatly prized by the natives who upon occasions of ceremony and the distribution of property, present them to the more honored guests as gifts."Emmons talks about this artifact in his letter of May 28, 1902, written from Victoria, B.C., filed in the accession file. He identifies it there as from the Blunden Harbor [sic] Kwakiutl.

FROM CARD: "CYLINDRICAL. NOS. 168260-1 OLD. NO. 168262 OPENWORK."

FROM CARD: "CYLINDRICAL. SAYERS. ILLUS. FIG.115, P.109 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PEN. PRESS, 1989. 1. EX. LEIDEN MUS. MAY /99. EX. GLEN IS. MUS., 11/95. EXCHANGE FOR MODEL COSTUMES KIOTO GIRLS' HIGHER NORMAL SCHOOL KIOTO, JAPAN APRIL 12, 1905. EXCHANGE FOR AWARD-MISS MARY H. CORBETT U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 20, 1906. EXCHANGE: MRS. J. G. SAYERS 110 MARYLAND AVENUE 4/10/1897. WASHINGTON, D.C."

FROM CARD: "CEDAR BARK. ONE THESE 8 MATS WAS APPARENTLY EXCHANGED, FOR IT RETURNED TO USNM IN 1931 IN THE EVANS COLLECTION AND WAS GIVEN NO. 361,312."