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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.March 3, 2011, Robin K. Wright, Burke Museum, attributes to John Robson.