FROM CARD: "67827-8. NO.67827 @ $.50."Listed on page 44 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

Catalogue card lists as Hutsnuwu/Kootznahoo, but Anthropology catalogue ledger book does not list that people/locality for this artifact, only for 60111 and 60113.

FROM CARD: "PLAIN, NO DECORATION. FORM OF THE TRADITIONAL "COPPER". REF. DAWSON, "HAIDA INDIANS OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISL.," CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROVISIONAL REPORT 1878, FIG. 135 B."In a letter dated September 8, 1881 filed in Accession No. 11616, in the postscript to the letter McLean says "I send by this mail a copper shield made by a Hoochenoo [Hutsnuwu Tlingit] Indian from native copper, and said to antedate the Russian occupation of Alaska. This curiosity is sent with the compliments of Mr. Carl Spuhn Manager NW Trdg. Co. [Northwest Trading Company] S.E. Alaska." It is possible this refers to E60648 (or E67947)?

McLean list in accession file identifies this object as Chilcat. It appears that Chilcat may be meant as a place name on this list, perhaps not specifically or exclusively as a culture name, similar to the way other objects in the collection are identified as Sitka, Kootzahoo, and Hoonia. Chilcat/Chilkat is a name sometimes used for Klukwan.

From card: "Wood finely carved. $10.00. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 26, fig. 113; p. 286. [Identified in this publication as a war spear.] Triangular bayonet point with scabbbard of wood. Attributed to Haida by Duff, Holm & Reid in Arts of the Raven, The Vancouver Art Gallery June - September, 1967 Item 434. 4/18/67: loaned to Vancouver Art Gall. 12/13/67 Returned by Vancouver. Loan: Crossroads; Loan returned: Jan 21, 1993. Illus.: Crossroads of Continents catalogue, Fig. 312, p. 232." Identified in Crossroads catalogue photo caption as "Spear, Tlingit, carved like a totem pole with interlocked crest and mythical figures, this spear also served as a ceremonial staff."

FROM CARD FOR E60135: "[From 19th or early 20th century exhibit] LABEL: "HORN SPOONS. BOWLS, MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP. IN SOME EXAMPLES THE HANDLES ARE MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, IN CANADA, AND THROUGHOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HORN OF THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP IS USED IN MAKING DOMESTIC UTENSILS. THE HORN OF THE GOAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO THE CARVER'S ART, AND BY THE TLINGIT INDIANS IS CARVED AND ENGRAVED TO REPRESENT TOTEMIC IDEAS." (NOTE: THIS LABEL APPLIES TO 60,135-60,141; 10,389)."

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.Linda Wynne, Ruth Demmert, elder, and Florence Sheakley, elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The elders agreed that the beadwork on this object is loom woven, and commented that the bead design is similar to bead designs on octopus bags (e.g. E89196-0; E021581-0). There is a button to close the bag.

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.Listed on page 43 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".

FROM CARD: "6/13/67 LOANED TO NAT'L ARCHIVES. RETURNED 8/5/68. REFER: COLLINS' MS. P. 900."Note: E63556 and 63557 were originally identified on their catalogue card as "Oomiak" paddles. However 63557 is actually a canoe model. It is a bit unclear in the Anthropology catalogue ledger book (from which the catalogue card is derived) whether 63556 and 7 were listed there as oomiaks (i.e. boats or more likely boat models), or as oomiak or boat paddles, like 63553-5.