Mask

Museum number:
2-4581
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004581
Alternate number:
x-727 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Part of a headdress (probably).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters, 10 centimeters, and length 40 centimeters
Loans:
S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4581, described as Carved wooden mask representing human face. Painted red, white, blue and black. 2 pendants attached by cotton cloth to framework of bent twigs. "Horns" painted with 3 black bands. Red cedar.

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