Mask

Museum number:
2-4604
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004604
Alternate number:
x-750 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden; anthropomorphic; wide mouth; fragmentary feathers; central face; whitish; chin, lower lip, border are pale red-brown; forehead and nose are black as are 2 lines that radiate from the eyes and the nose base to the edge of the mask; on the reverse side eyes and mouth rimmed with red.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
ca. 1880
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:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 19.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4369; 25-2281. Published: Ray, Pl. 8, pp. 185-86.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-4604, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; wide mouth; fragmentary feathers; central face; whitish; chin, lower lip, border are pale red-brown; forehead and nose are black as are 2 lines that radiate from the eyes and the nose base to the edge of the mask; on the reverse side eyes and mouth rimmed with red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-4604, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; wide mouth; fragmentary feathers; central face; whitish; chin, lower lip, border are pale red-brown; forehead and nose are black as are 2 lines that radiate from the eyes and the nose base to the edge of the mask; on the reverse side eyes and mouth rimmed with red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4604, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; wide mouth; fragmentary feathers; central face; whitish; chin, lower lip, border are pale red-brown; forehead and nose are black as are 2 lines that radiate from the eyes and the nose base to the edge of the mask; on the reverse side eyes and mouth rimmed with red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4604, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; wide mouth; fragmentary feathers; central face; whitish; chin, lower lip, border are pale red-brown; forehead and nose are black as are 2 lines that radiate from the eyes and the nose base to the edge of the mask; on the reverse side eyes and mouth rimmed with red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4604, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; wide mouth; fragmentary feathers; central face; whitish; chin, lower lip, border are pale red-brown; forehead and nose are black as are 2 lines that radiate from the eyes and the nose base to the edge of the mask; on the reverse side eyes and mouth rimmed with red.

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