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Description

Needle-shaped, perforated bone pendant. Attached to 1923.71.16 with string. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]

Longer Description

Needle-shaped, perforated bone pendant. Attached to 1923.71.16 with string. The pendant is perforated at its thicker end. There is a slight curvature to the pendant, likely a natural feature of the material. [CAK 07/07/2009]

Research Notes

As the object was found on a shaman's grave, it may be possible that it is not a pendant but rather was worn through the septum of the nose, a practice of shamans frequently depicted in carvings. [CAK 26/05/2009]
The following information comes from Haida delegates who worked with the museum's collection in September 2009 as part of the project “Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge”:
This object was viewed alongside other shamanic materials on Friday Sept 9, 2009. No information from delegates about this particular object was recorded. However, delegates requested shamanic items not be on display in the museum. [CAK 13/05/2010]

Primary Documentation

Accession Book Entry - 'STEVENS sale room - (Lots. 214, 242, 246, 255 & 256) Specimens collected by Capt. G. T. F. Pike, R.N., H.M.S. "Virago", viz:...[1 of] 2 Needle-shaped, perforated bone pendants, part of a medicine-man's necklet, found on his grave at SKIDEGATE, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ID, given by Dr. Newcombe, 1901 (283)' [CW 8 6 98]

There is no further information on the catalogue card. [CW 8 6 98]

Pitt Rivers Museum label white plastic label] - N. AMERICA HAIDA 2 bone pendants Coll. ?Dr. Newcombe Purch Stevens (Pike) 1923.71.16-17 [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]

Pitt Rivers Museum label - 283 [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]

Related Documents File - The Haida Project Related Documents File contains video of research sessions and interviews with Haida delegates from September 2009 as part of the project ‘Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge'. It also includes post-visit communications that discuss object provenance. For extensive photographic, video, and textual records documenting the Haida research visit as a whole, including but not limited to preparations of objects for handling, travel logistics, British Museum participation, transcribed notes from research sessions and associated public events held at PRM, see the Haida Project Digital Archive, stored with the Accessions Registers. Original hand-written notes taken during research sessions have been accessioned into the Manuscripts collection, in addition to select other materials. [CAK 02/06/2010]

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