Finger mask; wooden with feathers (1 missing); painted black forehead, white face, green-gray chin, red and white background.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Andreafsky, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Andreafsky
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
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:
Dancing. Worn by women.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 14.6 centimeters and width 9.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4409; 25-2320a, b. Published: Ray, Pl. 34, text p. 200.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968), S1969-1970 #13: Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (August 7, 1969–January 2, 1970), S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)