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Though catalogued as Tlingit, Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket maker, says this basket is not of Tlingit manufacture. 3-2003.
FROM CARD: "ONE BLACK AND 1 WHITE. COLLECTED BY DR. A. H. HOFF, U. S. A."
MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH 7614 OR 178789; PIECES OF WOOD, LEATHER PARTS.
From card: "Hand carved, plain, painted with flat red ochre. Provided with flat detached cover; bottom and two of the side walls secured with lacing of split root fiber. Continuous side walls excavated at corners; terminal joint dovetailed."
FROM CARD: "TOTEMS." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "MODEL OF TOTEM POST.--A SLATE COLUMN, ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. HEIGHT, 16 INCHES; DIAMETER, 2 3/4 INCHES. HAIDA INDIANS (SKITTAGETAN STOCK), PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 23,341. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.
No catalog card found in card file