Mask

Museum number:
2-6921
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006921
Alternate number:
24 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Wooden; representing a wolverine; painted black and white with red detail; feathers; rawhide tie.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1890-1899
Taxon:
Gulo gulo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 12.7 centimeters and height 20.2 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4397; 25-2308. Published: Ray, Pl. 13, text 188-89.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1960-1961 #15: California State University, Sacramento/Dorothea J. Theodoratus (August 20, 1960–July 3, 1961)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6921, described as Wooden; representing a wolverine; painted black and white with red detail; feathers; rawhide tie.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6921, described as Wooden; representing a wolverine; painted black and white with red detail; feathers; rawhide tie.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6921, described as Wooden; representing a wolverine; painted black and white with red detail; feathers; rawhide tie.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6921, described as Wooden; representing a wolverine; painted black and white with red detail; feathers; rawhide tie.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6921, described as Wooden; representing a wolverine; painted black and white with red detail; feathers; rawhide tie.

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