Stone Casket, Carved (Slate)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1883
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Bear on front and back; wolf on ends; killer-whale on top." Chest; argillite; carved in relief; four added pieces; non-Indian wooden bottom. Illus.: Barbeau, Haida Carvers in Argillite, NMC #139, pg. 60." Barbeau discusses the box on p. 61 and speculates on attributing it to Charles Edenshaw, but notes that "Russ thought it was the work of "Peter Kelley's father" of Skidegate."
label: Notes
content: March 3, 2011, Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, says "Bill Holm attributes this argillite chest to Haida artist, Tom Price." Ref. Bill Holm, “Will the Real Charles Edenshaw Please Stand Up?” in Abbott, Donald (ed) The World is as Sharp as a Knife:An Anthology in Honour of Wilson Duff. Victoria, B.C.: British Columbia Provincial Museum;1981.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: 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: E88998-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box