Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Materials Baleen (baleen; pigment, white and red)

Museum number:: 2-5852
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
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:: whole— depth 9 inches, width 63 centimeters, whole— height 28 inches, whole— width 25.5 inches, and height 64 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nushagak, Dillingham Borough, Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

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