Specimen Of Yellow Fungus For Dye Or Paint
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1883
label: Collection Date
content: Sep 1883 to Oct 1883
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: ""specimen of fungus used for painting the face. This fungus grows on hemlock trees and in [is] prepared by roasting it in hot ashes. presented by Ellswash [Ellswarsh], a Skidegate chief." Swan"
label: Notes
content: A tag in James Swan's hand is with the artifact: "Indian Red Paint. Queen Charlotte Islands BC. Sept 1883. No 156 Haida Indians Queen Charlotte Islands BC. Paint, made by roasting the fungus of the Hemlock and ground with water on a stone when used. Koona village BC Sep 1883 J.G. Swan."
label: Notes
content: Per the entry on E89186 in the website http://alaska.si.edu/, Ellswash/Ellswarsh may refer to Daniel Eldjiwus [a.k.a. Daniel Elljuuwas], a chief and builder of the House of Contentment at Skidegate.
label: Notes
content: There is conflicting provenance information for this artifact. The list in the accession file appears to identify it as from Skidegate, October 1883. However, the Swan original tag identifies it as from Koona (Skedans), September 1883.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Skidegate (not certain) / Skedans (Koona) (not certain), Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) / Graham Island (not certain) / Louise Island (not certain), British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013804
label: USNM Number
content: E89149-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical