Mask

Museum number:
2-6453
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006453
Alternate number:
x-2646 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden with feathers; some feathers missing; handhold and chin painted red, forehead and nose black, cheeks and border off-white.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
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; worn by girls.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and height 8.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4406; 25-2317. Published: Ray, Pl. 35, text p. 201.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6453, described as Finger mask; wooden with feathers; some feathers missing; handhold and chin painted red, forehead and nose black, cheeks and border off-white.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6453, described as Finger mask; wooden with feathers; some feathers missing; handhold and chin painted red, forehead and nose black, cheeks and border off-white.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6453, described as Finger mask; wooden with feathers; some feathers missing; handhold and chin painted red, forehead and nose black, cheeks and border off-white.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6453, described as Finger mask; wooden with feathers; some feathers missing; handhold and chin painted red, forehead and nose black, cheeks and border off-white.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6453, described as Finger mask; wooden with feathers; some feathers missing; handhold and chin painted red, forehead and nose black, cheeks and border off-white.

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