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SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. See p. 206-207 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright identifies this object as having been collected by James G. Swan from Duncan ginaawaan at Klinkwan in 1875.
From card: "Raven, dog fish, herring, and bear-killer whale motifs."
From card: ""consisting of head of killer [whale], two dorsal fins and tails." Swan"
FROM CARD: "30 CTS. ." Orca ater or Scana = Killer Whale
FROM CARD: "TOTEMS." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL: "STONE CARVING. HAIDAH INDIANS, 1876. 23,340. QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN, PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. TER. MODEL OF POST SET UP IN FRONT OF HOUSES OF CHIEFS AND PRINCIPAL MEN TO INDICATE TOTEMS OR FAMILY NAMES OF OCCUPANTS." CATALOG CARD AND ACCESSION LEDGER SAY HAIDA, ALASKA.
From card: "Of black slate, [tableau with] 4 figures seated on a base - man with hat, raven, 2 animal figures. Broken and repaired on one end, part of raven's beak missing."