Mask

Museum number:
2-6468
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2661 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Mask; miniature; animal head carving, made of cottonwood bark. Leather thongs attached to sides.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
May be mask to go with shaman's doll (part of complete outfit) or may be toy for boys mentioned by Emmons (fide Bill Holm, February, 1977).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6468, described as Mask; miniature; animal head carving, made of cottonwood bark. Leather thongs attached to sides.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6468, described as Mask; miniature; animal head carving, made of cottonwood bark. Leather thongs attached to sides.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6468, described as Mask; miniature; animal head carving, made of cottonwood bark. Leather thongs attached to sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6468, described as Mask; miniature; animal head carving, made of cottonwood bark. Leather thongs attached to sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6468, described as Mask; miniature; animal head carving, made of cottonwood bark. Leather thongs attached to sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6468, described as Mask; miniature; animal head carving, made of cottonwood bark. Leather thongs attached to sides.

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