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REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983. "MANUFACTURED BY ANTHRO LAB."No catalog card found in card fileLedger book says that the mortar is Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and from Alaska (an apparent mismatch), but the original mortar, catalog number 220186, has been re-identified as possibly from Skeena River, BC. See catalog number 220186.
Set of plaster impressions showing carvings on the gambling sticks, made by rolling the gambling sticks in wet plaster. See E73552-0 for original gambling sticks.
From card: [Original] "Of marble, held a long time in the Tagwayta family of the Hootz-ah-tai-gwan, through many generations of chiefs. Original purchased from G. T. Emmons (Cat. No. 221181, Acc. No. 41512)." Original is Tlingit from Killisnoo, Alaska.
Though original mortar is catalogued as #4 in the collection, and listed as from Alaska, the original of this object is either #2 or #3 on the detailed list filed in the accession record, both of which are identified as tobacco or snuff mortars from Skeena River, B.C..Another cast of the same mortar was cataloged as E229797.
The paper is buff.
Artifact casts from Level Bag; Exact date of production is unknown. GJS 05/06/2009