Mask

Museum number:
2-6456
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006456
Alternate number:
x-2649 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden with black and white animal-like face; with feathers; red base, eyes, and mouth; 2 fingerholds.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Feather (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11.8 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4405; 25-2316. Published: Ray, Pl. 35, text p. 201.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6456, described as Finger mask; wooden with black and white animal-like face; with feathers; red base, eyes, and mouth; 2 fingerholds.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6456, described as Finger mask; wooden with black and white animal-like face; with feathers; red base, eyes, and mouth; 2 fingerholds.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6456, described as Finger mask; wooden with black and white animal-like face; with feathers; red base, eyes, and mouth; 2 fingerholds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6456, described as Finger mask; wooden with black and white animal-like face; with feathers; red base, eyes, and mouth; 2 fingerholds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6456, described as Finger mask; wooden with black and white animal-like face; with feathers; red base, eyes, and mouth; 2 fingerholds.

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