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Entry for this piece (under original # 20) in accession record list from donor/collector L. A. Beardslee calls it a shaman's wand and also says "octopus arm? pattern?" (the 2 words after octopus are hard to decipher in this handwritten list.)
FROM CARD: "43234-6. # 43236-WITH HANDLE."
FROM CARD: "USED BY SHAMANS."Anthropology catalogue ledger book and accession record identify the locality as Hoonah, Alaska.
FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BONE OR IVORY CARVING (SHAMAN'S CHARM).---THE MIDDLE PORTION SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES THE BODY OF A MARINE WORM (NEREIS), IN HAVING LATERAL APPENDAGES. THE ENDS REPRESENT GROTESQUE HEADS, THE LONGER ONE BEING SPLIT AFTER THE FASHION OF A CLOWN'S BATON. SITKA, ALASKA, 1880. COLLECTED BY COM. L. A. BEARDSLEE, U. S. N. ."