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: Attributed to Charles Edenshaw by M. Barbeau - see catalog card.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Chest; argillite; carved in relief; non-Indian wood bottom. "Front and back, Hoorts, the bear; on the ends, Helinga, the thunderbird. Top, Wasko, the mythological wolf." Swan. Attributed to Charles Edenshaw by M. Barbeau. Oct. 1973. From the attached original card, it appears this item had been intended to be sent away in exchange, but the item is still in the museum collection. R. Elder. Illus. in USNM AR, 1888; Pl. 44, fig. 243, p. 319. Loaned Renwick Ga. 11-7-73, loan returned 8-24-76 ..." (continued, see cards.)
label: Notes
content: Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, says "I believe this argillite chest is by Zacherias Nicholas, formerly known as the “Master of the Chicago Settee”
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: E89000-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box