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FROM CARD: "THE CATALOGUE CALLS IT "A CARVED WOODEN IMAGE WITH HAIR". EVIDENTLY A PART OF A CARVED WOODEN RATTLE, THE BACK AND HANDLE MISSING. DESIGN A SEATED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A GROTESQUE HUMAN FACE. HUMAN HAIR IS INSERTED IN TUFTS ON THE TOP AND BACK OF THE HEAD; ALSO AS A MOUSTACHE AND CHIN WHISKERS."
Listed on page 44 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".
Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists locality as Baranoff Island, Alaska.
From card: "Bone, broken carved head, very ancient."E104638 - E104641 appear to be the same objects catalogued previously as E73822, part of Accession No. 15196, and described on catalogue card for that number as "Ancient Bone and Wood Instrument, 4; Upper Yukon River, Alaska; Used for trapping mink & martin; Av. [length] 10 1/2 in." E73822 does not have a culture identified on card, ledger book, or in accession record.
FROM CARD: "BONE."This object is # 45 on list in accession file.
FROM CARD: "BASKET. TWINED. 3 [of 7] EXCHANGE[D] - BARON LUDWIG AMBROZY. 14 SINGERSTRAUSSAS, VIENNA, AUSTRIA. JUNE 22, 1905."Ledger says 1 [of 7] sent to Alabama Central College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.