Mask

Museum number:
2-4804
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004804
Alternate number:
x-1200 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.
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)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Early tourist mask (fide Bill Holm February 1977).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters and width 17 centimeters
Comment:
Alder per Brendan Maloney. Probably originally had nose ring. On back of mask "Presented by Honorable H.B. Mizner May 18_7" Possibly 1897 or 1877.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1972-1973 #34: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (November 14, 1972–November 14, 1972), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-4804, described as Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-4804, described as Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-4804, described as Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-4804, described as Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4804, described as Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4804, described as Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4804, described as Carved to represent human face of a woman with plug in lower lip. Yellow cedar; painted red, blue, and black. Shows ceremonial facial painting.

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