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1. Comb

Museum number:: 2-4230
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Combs (textile working equipment)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 21.7 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Collection date:: 1898

2. Finger mask

Museum number:: 2-4591
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 10.4 centimeters and width 6.8 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

3. Grass comb

Museum number:: 2-4228
Culture or time period:: Akulemiut Eskimo
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 18 centimeters
Collector:: Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

4. Knife

Museum number:: 2-4296
Culture or time period:: Kodiak Eskimo
Object class:: Plaited weaving
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: length 51 centimeters
Collector:: B. G. McIntyre
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1850-1900

5. Mask

Museum number:: 2-4602
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 8 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

6. Mask

Museum number:: 3-3168
Culture or time period:: Mayo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 15 centimeters and length 18.6 centimeters
Collector:: Ralph L. Beals
Collection place:: Sonora, Mexico
Collection date:: 1931

7. Mask

Museum number:: 2-6458
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 10.3 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

8. Mask

Museum number:: 2-4596
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: width 5 centimeters and height 8 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

9. Mask

Museum number:: 2-6461
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 12 centimeters and width 7.9 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

10. Pouch

Museum number:: 2-4527
Culture or time period:: Alutiiq and Kodiak Eskimo
Object class:: Pouches
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: opened— length 41 centimeters
Collector:: E. Lennan
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Rangifer tarandus caribou