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FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S FACE; PAINTED WITH DULL RED STRIPE AROUND RIGHT SIDE OF FACE; NARROW LINES ON LEFT CHEEK; WEARING LABRET IN LOWER LIP. ILLUS. BAE 3RD ANNUAL REPORT, PL. XX, FIG. 45, P. 185. 4-17-67 LOAN DATA: 6 HOLES ON REVERSE, EARS DAMAGED, SPLIT UNDER CHIN. LOANED TO VANCOUVER ART GALL. 4-18-67. RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY 12-13-67. LOANED TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART OCTOBER 20, 1972. RETURNED 5-29-73. ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 236."Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution. Entered into Anthropology Catalogue ledger book January 10, 1867. If not Exploring Expedition, Jane suggests it may have come from the National Institute, or from the War Department, or it might be that it was collected for Spencer Baird by James G. Swan?MASK REPRESENTING WOMAN WITH LABRET, ARTIST UNKNOWN. ILLUS. FIG. 43, P. 69, DISCUSSED PP. 66-67, IN DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY BY PETER MACNAIR, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998. IDENTIFIED THERE BY PETER MACNAIR AS MASK REPRESENTING DJILAKONS, HAIDA, C. 1830. [Djilakons, the founding ancestor of the Haida Eagle moiety.]Illus. Fig. 53a, p. 58 and 53b, p. 59 in King, J. C. H. 1979. Portrait masks from the Northwest Coast of America. [New York]: Thames and Hudson. Identified there (p. 58) as: "Haida mask of a woman wearing a labret. ... red, green and black facial painting ... c. 1825-1850."