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FROM CARD: "A & B ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 4 (A ON LEFT, B ON RIGHT), PG. 316. LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76." Identified in Handbook caption as a dipper, "... a smaller bent-corner box with a long handle carved from the piece that forms the bottom." Painted designs in red and black, and borders and handle red. "The bottom of the ladle carries the eye-within-the-hand motif." Forms a set with water bucket E20568A.FROM CARD: 20568A (BOX), 20568B (DIPPER). FROM PAGE 77, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECTS ILLUS. ON SAME PAGE. 68. BOX AND DIPPER WOOD; PAINTED BLACK AND RED. HEIGHT (BOX): 10 1/4. LENGTH (DIPPER): 11. BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. "WATER BUCKET AND LADLE." COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. CATALOGED JANUARY 15, 1876. 20,568-A (BOX); 20,568-B (DIPPER)."Catalog card gives 5260 as accession number, but 4686 (also from Swan, in 1876) is more likely, as that accession contains objects from British Columbia.