Mask

Museum number:
2-47049
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
247 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
Mask, miniature; anthropomorphic, represents face of mythical being, bulging eyes. Made of cottonwood bark (fide Bill Holm).
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
May be miniature mask used at potlatches or used by shamans. May be mask to go with doll of shaman (part of complete outfit), or toy for boys mentiond by Emmons (fide Bill Holm).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. Inverarity, Art of the Nw. Coast Indians, #67-73.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-47049, described as Mask, miniature; anthropomorphic, represents face of mythical being, bulging eyes. Made of cottonwood bark (fide Bill Holm).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-47049, described as Mask, miniature; anthropomorphic, represents face of mythical being, bulging eyes. Made of cottonwood bark (fide Bill Holm).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-47049, described as Mask, miniature; anthropomorphic, represents face of mythical being, bulging eyes. Made of cottonwood bark (fide Bill Holm).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-47049, described as Mask, miniature; anthropomorphic, represents face of mythical being, bulging eyes. Made of cottonwood bark (fide Bill Holm).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-47049, described as Mask, miniature; anthropomorphic, represents face of mythical being, bulging eyes. Made of cottonwood bark (fide Bill Holm).

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