Ceremonial Cane
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. in USNM AR 1888, Pl. 16, fig. 57, p. 270. [The information that follows is from a Swan label glued onto the artifact:] "This carving was made by KARLEETE chief of the Narwitte tribe, north end of Vancouver Island, B.C. from a piece of the cabin of U.S. steamer SWANEE wrecked at Narwitte." Swan."
label: Notes
content: Accession number for this object is unknown. It may possibly be part of Accession # 20957 or 22792?, though it is not described in the papers for either of those accessions. Object was catalogued into Anthropology collections in 1890. The U.S.S. steamer Suwanee was wrecked July 9, 1868 in Shadwell Passage, Queen Charlotte Sound, B.C..
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vancouver Island (North end), British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Nahwitti (Tlatlasikwala)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E150847-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cane