Object class: Masks (costume) / Culture or time period: Alaskan Eskimo / Materials: Paint (coating) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 2-6624, described as Wooden anthropomorphic face on board; painted red border, black forehead, nose, and lower face, and 2 animals (beaver and weasle); peg teeth; 17 feathers attached around border; sinew fastening. Damaged on loan 10/2/67; feathers complete prior to loan, one tip missing, 2 bent, 3 repaired with nylon string. Human face with down-turned mouth, pegged teeth, painted white, red ad blue; feather attached around edge of triangular background; a black painted beaver and weasel are attached to each side.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-72098, described as Alaskan Mask; hand carved wooden, painted white mask; feathers, one on each side, protruding and set next to eyes. Mask is in shape of a turtle with facial features painted on in blue and red and eye and nostril holes carved in. Legs of turtle decorated in red and blue paint, head same. Wooden handle curves around top half of mask, nailed in at sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.