FROM CARD: "CARVED. WORN BY MEDICINE MAN."This object is #33 in the list in the accession file. The list identifies it as "Ornamentally carved bones (2) worn around the neck of a Doctor as charms when practicing about the sick." The heading above this listing for #33 says: "These three pieces [which is presumed to apply to #33, 34, and 35]were brought by the Chilkaht Indian traders + packers from the Gunannao? [word hard to read] people who live about the headwaters of the Yukon River." The museum cataloguer has interpreted Gunannao to be Gonaho, i.e. Gunahoo/Gunaaxoo or the Dry Bay Tlingit, and has listed that designation for E168369 - E168373. It may be instead that this is a version of the word Gunana, i.e. Athabaskan (including Tutchone, Tagish ...), as the Chilkat traded with them. The Yukon River location seems to support this, as that would apply to the Athabaskans, not the Gunaaxoo Tlingit. (See p. 57 in Emmons, George Thornton, and Frederica De Laguna. 1991. The Tlingit Indians. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 70. Seattle: University of Washington Press.)

FROM CARD: "BASKET HAT."

FROM CARD: "COVERED. NO. 168273,- 6 1/2" HIGH. 168,274,-4 3/4" HIGH LX. AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR, 2-21-03. 168275-6 AND 168278, -3" HIGH. 168277 AND 168279,-3 1/2" HIGH. 168280, 5 1/2" HIGH. 168281,-6" HIGH. 168282,-6" HIGH. NO. 168276 EXCHANGED WITH THOMAS WILSON. NO. 168279 EXCHANGED.-MRS. J. G. SAYERS 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4/10/1897. SENT AS LOAN TO L. J. BERGER-AMER. COLORTYPE CO. 277 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY.-MARCH 27, 1903. NO. 168278: SENT AS GIFT TO MERCER UNIVERSITY MACON, GEORGIA. C/O DR. S. Y. JAMESON, PREST. AUG 6, 1906. #168282 - ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; P1. 73; P. 548. #168277-ON EXHIBIT: HALL 11, MAY 1990."

FROM CARD: "*CHILKAT. BONE. INVENTORIED 1980."Provenience note: List in accession file appears to attribute #s 19, 20, 21, 22?, 23 and 24 to the Chilkat Tlingit of Klukwan. List identifies all as scraping, skinning and dressing tools for hides/skins. This object is most likely #19 on the list.

THIS IS A MODEL 1849 U.S. MOUNTED RIFLEMAN'S KNIFE (MANUF. JAMES T. AMES, CABOTVILLE, MASS.) MODIFIED WITH AN INDIAN-MADE HANDLE. - CHARLES WORMAN 2/1998 SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S NO. 168353 FOR BASKET MAKING. (HUTZAUWU)."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 16 on list) appears to attribute this to the Hutsnuwu Tlingit of Angoon. List identifies this object as a "Woman's knife of iron ... used in basket making by woman and also as a skin dresser and for a variety of purposes."

FROM CARD: "CARVED. WORN BY MEDICINE-MAN. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896; FIGS. 195-200; PP. 885-8. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 373, P. 272. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Photo caption in Crossroads of Continents catalogue identifies necklace amulets as having engraved designs of possible Athabaskan origin and notes "Tlingit shamans considered foreign materials, styles, and artifacts to make powerful amulets."List in accession file identifies #s 34 (E168370), 35 (E168371), and 36 (E168372) as "Bone necklaces worn by medicine men when practicing about the sick." The heading above the listing for #33 (E168369) in the accession file says: "These three pieces [which is presumed to apply to #33, 34, and 35] were brought by the Chilkaht Indian traders + packers from the Gunannao? [word hard to read] people who live about the headwaters of the Yukon River." The museum cataloguer has interpreted Gunannao to be Gonaho, i.e. Gunahoo/Gunaaxoo or the Dry Bay Tlingit, and has listed that designation for E168369 - E168373. It may be instead that this is a version of the word Gunana, i.e. Athabaskan (including Tutchone, Tagish ...), as the Chilkat traded with them. The Yukon River location seems to support this, as that would apply to the Athabaskans, not the Gunaaxoo Tlingit. (See p. 57 in Emmons, George Thornton, and Frederica De Laguna. 1991. The Tlingit Indians. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 70. Seattle: University of Washington Press.) Though the museum cataloguer presumed that E168372 had the same provenance as E168369 - E168371, examination of the original list in the accession file calls that into question, though E168372 has been attributed as Athabaskan style.