Materials: Wood (plant material) / Loans: S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)

Museum number:: 2-6471
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 7.5 centimeters, height 11 centimeters, 44 centimeters, whole— height 17.25 inches, whole— width 2.75 inches, and whole— depth 1.25 inches
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

Museum number:: 2-6479
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 23.9 centimeters, whole— length 9.25 inches, whole— depth 2.25 inches, width 17.1 centimeters, and whole— width 6.5 inches
Collector:: Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1880-1890

Museum number:: 2-6138
Culture or time period:: Malemiut Eskimo
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 8.8 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Unalaklik, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898
Taxon:: Odobenus rosmarus

Museum number:: 2-6164
Culture or time period:: Malemiut Eskimo
Object class:: Zoomorphic
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: length 8.8 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Unalaklik, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898
Taxon:: Odobenus rosmarus

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