(Hahe- Hak - To - Ak) Carved Stone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1862
label: Collection Date
content: 1861
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LIGHTNING TOMANAWOS. COLLECTOR'S LEGEND: "THE HAK TAKE TO AK, OR LIGHTNING TAMANAWOS OF THE MAKAH INDIANS OF CAPE FLATTERY, W. T. THE BIRD ON THE FRONT IS THE CLOVIS OR THUNDERBIRD. THE BACK I SUPPOSE IS THE WHALE AND THE ENDS THE PRIVATE HERALDRY SIGNS OF CERTAIN CHIEFS. THUNDERCLOUDS ARE SUPPOSED BY THE COAST TRIBES TO BE UNIVERSE BIRDS AND LIGHTNING TO BE A FABULOUS ANIMAL LIKE THE SEAHORSE WHICH THE BIRD COLLECTS FROM THE OCEAN IN GREAT NUMBERS. SHE KEEPS CONCEALED AMONG HER FEATHERS. THUNDER IS CAUSED BY THE FLAPPING OF ITS WINGS AND LIGHTNING BY ITS DARTING DOWN, ETC. HAH TAKE TO AK WITH ITS FIREY TONGUE. PORT TOWNSEND, W. T. J. G. SWAN 1861".
label: Notes
content: Some of the motifs carved and painted on this stone are similar in style to the ones depicted in a drawing/watercolor done by James G. Swan, dated November 29, 1859 and titled "Thunder Bird of the Makahs from the Tamanous [i.e. tomanawos] board in the house of the late Yellicom or Flattery Jack". This drawing is illustrated on p. 76 of Miles, George A., James Gilchrist Swan, Franz Stenzel, and Kathryn M. Stenzel. 2003. James Swan, cha-tic of the Northwest Coast: drawings and watercolors from the Franz & Kathryn Stenzel collection of western American art. New Haven, Conn: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. The drawing is also discussed on pp. 22 of this publication.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Flattery, Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000053
label: USNM Number
content: E824-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving