Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67922 - 5. Catalogue card lists a locality of Kootznahoo. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct.

FROM CARD: "67867-70. 3 SNUFF TUBES FOUND. INVENTORIED 1979."

Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.

List in accession file indicates collection was purchased by McLean in Sitka in 1884 and includes "3. Bows and 8 arrows complete from Yakutat" which seems to refer to E75453 - 5.From card: "75454 (Tlingit) and 75455 (Tinne) [i.e. Athabaskan] illus. in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 26, figs. 109, 155; p. 286. [Publication caption identifies bow 75455 as willow bow, with device for receiving the blow of the string. Tinne Indians, interior of Alaska.] #75455 - Bow illus. in Smithsonian Rept, 1893; Pl. 64, fig. 2; p. 679." Illustration caption identifies as "Bow, of willow; oval in section, tapering toward the ends slightly, double curve. Chief characteristic is a piece of wood on the inside of the grip, to catch the blow of the string in relaxing. The bowstring is a tough one of rawhide. Length, 4 feet 5 inches. Kutchin, Inland Alaska."

May be Sitka Tlingit?: it is identified as collected in Sitka; and also see accession history re the basket part of this accession being from the "Sitka-Kwahn."