Mask
- Museum number:
- 2-59112
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020059112
- Accession number:
- Acc.3158
- Description:
- Moulded anthropomorphic caribou skin mask. Fur trim all around. Animal hair above forehead, eyebrows and around eyes.
- Donor:
- Herbert E. Garcia and Mrs. Herbert E. Garcia
- Collection place:
- Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska; Brooks Range; Anaktuvuk Pass
- Culture or time period:
- Nunamiut Eskimo
- Maker or artist:
- Susie Paneuk
- Collector:
- Herbert E. Garcia
- Collection date:
- 1968
- Taxon:
- Rangifer tarandus caribou
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- August 1, 1975
- Context of use:
- Made for the tourist trade since 1957.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 25.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-