Argillite Box
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: "Chest; carved in relief; four added pieces; cover. "in high relief: bear's head holding a man on front and on the back the hind part of the bear; ends, Kye, or the sealion, holding a salmon in its mouth; top, Hoorts, the bear." Swan. USNM A.R. 1888, fig. 243, pl. 44, pg. 319. (Incorrectly numbered as 89000.) M. Barbeau, "Haida Carvers in Argillite," Nat. Mus. of Canada Bull. 139 (Anthro. Series 38) [Pl. 73, p. 65, and discussed p. 64-65], From: Boxes and Bowls catalog, Renwick Gallery; Smithsonian Press; 1974. Object illustrated on same page.: Chest, Argillite; carved in relief; four added pieces. Length: 20 1/4. [Haida], Skidegate, British Columbia. "Bear on front and back, seahorse on ends, bear on top." [Tentatively attributed to the artist Charles Edenshaw, by Bill Holm]. Collected by James G. Swan, October 9, 1883." Attributed to Charles Edenshaw by Barbeau. Attribution tentatively supported by Bill Holm, 1973.
label: Notes
content: March 3, 2011, Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, attributes to John Robson.
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: E89001-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box