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FROM CARD: "LOCALITY: STEWART ISLAND, ALASKA. STUART IS.* REMARKS: DUG UP ON THE SITE OF A DWELLING IN AN ABANDONED VILLAGE. *THIS IS PROBABLY A MISSPELLING OF STUART IS., NEAR ST. MICHAEL. L.L.L. 1977. NARROW DOLL OF FOSSIL IVORY (?), ARMLESS, LEGS JOINED AT FEET. INVENTORIED 1979."
FROM CARD: "A TAPERING CYLINDER OF PINE, DIVIDED LONGITUDINALLY IN HALVES, EACH HALF IS EXCAVATED FROM THE OPEN SMALL END OF WITHIN HALF INCH OF LARGE END, AND THE HALVES LASHED TOGETHER. AT THE SMALL END IN MIDDLE WITH LEATHER THONGS, BLOWING IN SMALL END CAUSES THE PART BELOW THE LASHING AT THE MIDDLE TO VIBRATE, ALLOWING THE WIN TO ESCAPE IN PUFFS OR WAVES, THUS PRODUCING A SOUND. THE THONGS HAVE BEEN GLUED AND CUT, THE HALVES SPREAD OPEN TO SHOW INSIDE CONSTRUCTION. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60; ART. 9., HOUGH HIST. OF INVENTIONS?"
FROM CARD: "1 CAMBRIDGE 5-87; 1 EX. ALBANY MUS. SO. AFRICA APRIL 28, 1904. AS REQUEST W.A. WHITTLE TO THE MUSEUM RIVERSIDE PARK, EVANSVILLE, IND. JAN. 24, 1905."
FROM CARD: "EX. AS RUBBING STONE WITH COPENHAGEN MUS."
From card: ""specimen of fungus used for painting the face. This fungus grows on hemlock trees and in [is] prepared by roasting it in hot ashes. presented by Ellswash [Ellswarsh], a Skidegate chief." Swan"A tag in James Swan's hand is with the artifact: "Indian Red Paint. Queen Charlotte Islands BC. Sept 1883. No 156 Haida Indians Queen Charlotte Islands BC. Paint, made by roasting the fungus of the Hemlock and ground with water on a stone when used. Koona village BC Sep 1883 J.G. Swan."Per the entry on E89186 in the website http://alaska.si.edu/, Ellswash/Ellswarsh may refer to Daniel Eldjiwus [a.k.a. Daniel Elljuuwas], a chief and builder of the House of Contentment at Skidegate.There is conflicting provenance information for this artifact. The list in the accession file appears to identify it as from Skidegate, October 1883. However, the Swan original tag identifies it as from Koona (Skedans), September 1883.
From card (mistakenly listed as people/culture): "Shaman's."