Mask

Museum number:
2-6454
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2647 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden with sinew binding; painted red and white; double finger hold.
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:
Sinew (material) and Skin (collagenous 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:
width 5 centimeters and height 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4404; 25-2315. Published: Ray, Pl. 36, text p. 202.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968), S1973-1974 #106: Art Institute of Chicago (June 12, 1974–September 9, 1974), and S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6454, described as Finger mask; wooden with sinew binding; painted red and white; double finger hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6454, described as Finger mask; wooden with sinew binding; painted red and white; double finger hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6454, described as Finger mask; wooden with sinew binding; painted red and white; double finger hold.

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