Finger mask; wooden; carved. Oval with grip for two fingers; on raised front side: a seal head, blue-black; rim is white and red; on rim, holes to hold 7 feathers (feathers missing); back flat, but hollowed behind face. Height: 10 cm; width: 6.3 cm.
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
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:
height 10 centimeters and width 6.3 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4404; 25-2315. Published: Ray, Pl. 36, text p. 202.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962) and S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968)