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Mask
Museum number:
2-6472
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006472
Alternate number:
13-4404 (associated catalog number), 25-2315 (associated catalog number), and x-2665 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Finger mask; wooden skull-like (with teeth) attached to bottom of stick with sinew; face painted white. Mate to 2-6471.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably used in the same dance as 2-5854.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7.1 centimeters, height 12.2 centimeters, whole— width 2.75 inches, 43.8 centimeters, whole— depth 1.5 inches, and whole— length 17.25 inches
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968), and S2017-2018 #3: Heard Museum (October 29, 2018–February 18, 2019)
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