Mask

Museum number:

2-6625

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Alternate number:

13-4388 (associated catalog number), 25-2299 (associated catalog number), and x-2818 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Wooden; possibly represents a spirit; painted green with red border and teeth, and a white section between mouth and nose; feather (some missing) and a strip of skin along top border.

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:

ca. prob. 1880 - 1890

Materials:

Feather (material), Pigment (pigment, green, white, red), and 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:

Dancing.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

whole— depth 1 inches, whole— height 14 inches, height 16.7 centimeters, whole— width 7 inches, and width 11.9 centimeters

Comment:

Photo: 13-4388; 25-2299a, b. Published: Ray, Pl. 15, text p. 191-92.

Loans:

S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1960-1961 #15: California State University, Sacramento/Dorothea J. Theodoratus (August 20, 1960–July 3, 1961), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S2017-2018 #3: Heard Museum (October 29, 2018–February 18, 2019)

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