Artificial Bird On Ornamented Stand (Plaything)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1866
label: Collection Date
content: 1866
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. William W. Winsor
label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOCALITY: KODIAK*ISLAND, ALASKA. REMARKS: OCTOBER 1977 THE RED-PAINTED WOODEN DISK STAND WAS FOUND, BUT A SEARCH AMONG THE ESKIMO AND NORTHWEST COAST COLLECTIONS FAILED TO FIND THE "BIRD". *THIS INFORMATION [KODIAK] IS ON THE BASE (STAND) ON A PASTED LABEL (AND THE MISTAKEN IDENTIFICATION: AS "MAKAH, NEEAH BAY" WAS A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT SWAN WAS AT THIS PLACE WHEN HE SENT IN THE REST OF THIS COLLECTION. R. ELDER). ROSA LIAPUNOVA, SOVIET CURATOR OF THE USSR'S STATE MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY IN LENINGRAD SUGGESTED THAT THE "PIPESTEM" CAT. 8813 MAY BE THE BODY OF THE STAND FOR "ARTIFICIAL BIRD ON ORNAMENTED STAND", CAT. 4128. THE LENINGRAD MUSEUM HAS A SIMILAR ITEM. L. EISENHART 1989."
label: Notes
content: James Gilchrist Swan diary No. 10, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, PNW03752, entry for Sep. 11, 1866, appears to describe E4123, E4128, and E4129, given to James G. Swan by William W. Winsor, who acquired the pieces on a fishing voyage to the Kodiak Island area: " ... Cap Smalleys schooner Capt Crosby arrived today from Kodiac, where she has been on a cod fishing voyage[.] Capt Crosby, Capt Winsor and another man came ashore & stated that they had found good fishing grounds and had taken about 8000 fish and could have taken more but their provisions gave out[.] They were well satisfied with the trip as it proved the fact of the existence of fishing banks within 15 days sail of this place[.] Capt Winsor gave me a sealskin coat such as is worn by the natives, a hunting pouch and a little bird made of threads very prettily done by the Indians [.] ..."
label: Notes
content: Stand itself is marked in what appears to be James G. Swan's hand (mostly): "Plaything Specimen of work done by Indians of Kodiac Russian America Capt. W. W. Winsor to Smithsonian Institution Sep 1866 sent by J G Swan Neah Bay WT".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000886
label: USNM Number
content: E4128-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure