Wood; 3 round holes (2 eyes, 1 mouth); white with red band around the head; goose feathers in top border.
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:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
ca. 1890
Materials:
Feather (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Said to be a "mask representing people seen only by shaman," probably used in the same dance as 2-6466, the latter held in the hand of a woman.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 12.8 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4385; 25-2296. Published: Ray, Pl. 21, text p. 186.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S2007-2008 #1: Anchorage Museum at Rasmunson Center (January 10, 2008–August 13, 2010)