Stone Casket Carved
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, wolf, salmon, and frog motifs. 1/23/67: The high relief figures on the top section of this argillite box no longer exist. The top was located in two pieces separate of the box during 1966. Original condition illus. [pl. 64, p. 59] in Barbeau, Haida Carvers in Argillite, NMC #139. Barbeau, p. 58, attributes this specimen to Charley Edensaw [Charles Edenshaw] of Massett. Collected October 9, 1883. "The word 'Gaowtlins' on the top is the name of the Haida Indian who carved and made this casket." - Swan's inventory and descriptive catalogue. See for additional information on decorations. Repaired at Conservation 5/11/73." Illus. fig. 5.19, p. 252 and discussed p. 248-9 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright attributes to maker John Robson of Skidegate. She notes that "Caowtlins" is inscribed on the lid (lid is cracked across the letter "A"), and Caowtlins is a form of Robson's Haida name.
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: E88999-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box