Ledger book and card say that this item was withdrawn in 1929 with the rest of the accession, but apparently it was not. One pestle with this number remains in the collections.

FROM CARD: "THIS SPECIMEN BELIEVED TO BE THE #13146 ILLUS. IN BARBEAU'S "HAIDA MYTHS ILLUS. IN ARGILLITE CARVINGS," NMC #127, P.283 [PL. 250]. UNFORTUNATELY THE INFORMATION ON THE BASE OF THE TOTEM POLE MODEL IS NOT IN AGREEMENT. AN AUTHORITY ON THE ART HISTORY OF 'EDENSAW'S WORK MIGHT BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF CONFLICTING DATES. THE CONFLICTING DATA [WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BASE OF THE TOTEM POLE MODEL] IS AS FOLLOWS: "SLATE TOTEM POLE (MINIATURE) CARVED BY CHARLEY EDENSAU [A.K.A. CHARLES EDENSHAW] SON OF CHIEF OF VILLAGE ON NORTON ISLAND, QUEEN CHARLOTTE GROUP. BOUGHT OF EDENSAU AT MOUTH OF SKEENA RIVER. GEORGE A. DORSEY, 1897 FOR W.A. HOLMES. BEST STYLE OF SLATE WORK." USNM CAT.# 13145 IS RE-ASSIGNED THIS SPECIMEN IN LIEU OF FURTHER DATA. 1/19/67. GP. INVENTORIED 1980." Illus. Pl. 250, p. 283 and described p. 265 and 303 (under incorrect catalogue # 13146) in Barbeau, Charles Marius. 1953. Haida myths illustrated in argillite carvings. [Ottawa]: Dept. of Resources and Development, National Parks Branch, National Museum of Canada. Identified as eagle at top, which shields with wings and bill the departed woman (wife of Nanasimgat) who wears a skil [hat ring or potlatch ring] hat and labret and holds onto the dorsal fin of the killer-whale, which makes up the lower half of the composition.The Swan accession record lists "3 pieces stone carving by Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Island B.C." as part of this accession. This object may be one of those pieces.March 3, 2011, Robin K. Wright of the Burke Museum does not believe the attribution of this piece to Charles Edenshaw is correct.

FROM CARD: "MADE BY ?CHIMAKUM* INDIAN GIRL. THIS ALSO MIGHT BE THE HUNA A GROUP OF THE TLINKIT, BUT AREA IS NOT THEIRS."Collector/donor is unlisted for this object. Speculatively, it might be from George Gibbs, since material from him was being catalogued around the same time. Also speculatively, the location is given as "Pt. Forward", Washington Territory. This is possibly a misreading of Port Townsend??

From card: "Flexible cylindrical, braided rim basket, in plain plaited weave, of narrow cedar bark strips ofr decoration covered in irregular vertical portions with the yellow bark or grass strip."

From card: "Green gray basalt, smoothly finished."

FROM CARD: "OF SPIREA ARUNCUS. TROCADERO JULY 85."See Cat. 102 p. 190 in Faucourt, Camille. 2020. A La Conquête de l'Ouest : Collectes Amérindiennes de La Smithsonian Institution Conservées Au Musée Du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. Entry is on Musee Du Quai Branly Catalog no. 71.1885.78.260, one mat needle, which their records identify as formerly Smithsonian no. E13108.