Mask

Museum number:
2-4594
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004594
Alternate number:
x-740 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask, double type; wood; 2 circles joined by curved handle; feathers missing; painted white, black and red.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
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:
width 16.3 centimeters and height 12.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968) and S1982-1983 #35: California State University, Chico (April 5, 1983–July 26, 1984)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4594, described as Finger mask, double type; wood; 2 circles joined by curved handle; feathers missing; painted white, black and red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4594, described as Finger mask, double type; wood; 2 circles joined by curved handle; feathers missing; painted white, black and red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4594, described as Finger mask, double type; wood; 2 circles joined by curved handle; feathers missing; painted white, black and red.

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