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Gift of Mrs. Richard Nunn and Lucy Trevett.
Gift of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.
Gift of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.
FOUND IN "SCHOOL COLLECTION" STORAGE AREA. PROPOSED FOR ACCESSIONING AND DESCRIBED BY WILLIAM STURTEVANT ETHNOLOGY CURATOR NMNH, 11/1994. SOUVENIR PLAQUE, NORTHWEST COAST (HAIDA ? TSIMSHIAN?). PAINTING MAY BE BY AN INDIAN ARTIST. FOUR PIECES OF RED CEDAR FITTED TOGETHER AS A DISK, 12" DIAMETER. ON FRONT IS PAINTED DESIGN OF AN EAGLE IN NORTHERN NORTHWEST COAST STYLE, BLACK RED, WHITE AND YELLOW, PERHAPS STENCILLED, FINISHED WITH SHINY VARNISH. ON BACK: "LEGEND OF THE EAGLE" SUPPOSEDLY AN INDIAN ORIGIN MYTH ACCOUNTING FOR THE COASTAL ISLANDS. LABELED " MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA" OLD PIECE OF TAPE READS, IN PENCIL " A-IZ LEFT AT WINOWSICÙ T4 A-6B" LAST CHARACTERS UNCLEAR; PROBABLY INDICATES THE SOURCE OF THE OBJECT, PERHAPS DURING THE 1950'S OR 1960'S, AND ACCOUNTS FOR ITS STORAGE, UNCATALOGUED IN THE SCHOOL COLLECTION.
FROM CARD: "STYLISTICALLY NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN RATHER THAN OCEANIA."
No card found in catalog card fileDeep bowl-shaped basket, flaring up from narrow base to wide rim. Body is simple twined, with whitegrass overlay design showing on outside only. Design of horizontal bands of alternating stitches with diagonal bands forming x-shaped designs, with traces of red dye. Scalloped band attached at intervals to rim, one broken off. Identified as Quinault, Washington State, by Linda Eisenhart, Department of Anthropology, 1985.