Mask

Museum number:
2-2864
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Finger mask; wooden with animal-like face; feathers (some missing); black painted forhead and nose, white cheeks, red chin and outline; one finger hold.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 6.3 centimeters and height 11.3 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4408. Published: Ray, Pl. 37, text p. 202.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (August 12, 1966–September 2, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-2864, described as Finger mask; wooden with animal-like face; feathers (some missing); black painted forhead and nose, white cheeks, red chin and outline; one finger hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-2864, described as Finger mask; wooden with animal-like face; feathers (some missing); black painted forhead and nose, white cheeks, red chin and outline; one finger hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-2864, described as Finger mask; wooden with animal-like face; feathers (some missing); black painted forhead and nose, white cheeks, red chin and outline; one finger hold.

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