Eskimo mask; whale bone with inset ivory eyes; polar (?) bear teeth inset in jaw; fishtail of whale bone protruding from mouth.
Donor:
Alaskan Eskimos at Point Hope, B. Nash, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Point Hope, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Hope
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Inupiaq
Maker or artist:
Titus Nashookpuk
Collector:
Alaska Native Industries Co-operative Association
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 29.5 centimeters
Comment:
modern" Photo: 15-21410; 15-21411. Published: Ray, Eskimo Art (1977), fig. 159; said to be modern whalebone version of wood mask in fig. 24. Remarks: "see acc. env. for additional details, incl. letters from F. Rainey, J. Van Stone, and E. Carpenter.