Whalebone Box
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1883
label: Collection Date
content: 29 Jun 1883
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "For sewing work."
label: Notes
content: Round container with baleen sides and wooden bottom; has a lid with wooden top and baleen sides. Resembles a round New England bentwood pantry box, with tacked/nailed joints. Box lid has two attached labels in James G. Swan's hand: "No 19 50¢. Masset B.C., Procured by J. G. Swan June 19, 1883", and "Whale bone box made by a Masset Indian and fastened with rivets of native copper in imitation of box made in Nantucket Mas."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) / Graham Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013804
label: USNM Number
content: E88719-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box