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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-14273, described as Large twined cylindrical wall basket with painted design of animal in red-brown and black; cedar bark. Cedar bark identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.

Hearst Museum object titled Bentwood box, accession number 2-10847a,b, described as (a) Oblong cedar blanket chest with (b) cover, totemic design. Length - 30 inches, width - 18 inches x 18 inches. Whale design on one side, grizzly bear on other. *Whale and grizzly bear (are associated in mythology) identified by Charles Brown. Cover missing.

Hearst Museum object titled Canoe model, accession number 2-7143, described as Carved from yellow cedar; varnished, with black grizzly bear design. Lack of groove on prow indicates poorly finished boat. (Yellow cedar and grizzly bear design identified by Charles Brown.)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-15545, described as Wood carving; kneeling man in kilt, killing [new interpretation is that this genre shows a man torturing a witch] (by twisting hair) a crouching female slave (?) in skirt; painted: pink skin; red lips; brown hair and eyes; grey-green clothes; wood cracked

Hearst Museum object titled Fish effigy, accession number 2-4617, described as Carving of a fish which has swallowed a man (probably a salmon). Painted red, blue and black.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-10293, described as Flaring basketry hat made of spruce roots. Old and faded and without colored design.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-14271, described as Basketry hat; twined spruce root; frog design painted in black and brown; 4-pointed star at crown. Designs represents one of owner's family crests.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-10294, described as Flaring basketry hat of spruce roots with killer whale (?) design painted in red, black, green. Painted design is family crest.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15520, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red, blue, and black painted totemic designs of bear. Bear design identified by Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.

Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 2-30833, described as Canoe paddle, with painted totemic design in blue, red, and black. Bird design: Charles Brown recognized bird design by 3 claws on feet.