Mask

Museum number:
2-5851
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005851
Alternate number:
13-4371 (associated catalog number), 25-2283 (associated catalog number), and x-941 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Lower Yukon River, Yukon River, Yukon
Verbatim coll. place:
; Lower Yukon River
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1890-1899
Materials:
Wood (plant 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 35 centimeters, width 44.5 centimeters, whole— depth 8.25 inches, whole— width 18 inches, and whole— height 12 inches
Comment:
Photo: 13-4371; 25-2283. Published: Ray, Pl. 3, text pp. 181-82. References: similar to 2-5854, 6904.
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1967-1968 #88: University of California, Los Angeles (March 6, 1968–July 15, 1968), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2017-2018 #3: Heard Museum (October 29, 2018–February 18, 2019)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-5851, described as Wooden; painted red, white and gray-green; fish attachment on top; 2 hand flipper attachments at lower sides; paddle-like attachment at upper left; was probably once encircled with caribou hair; baleen and spruce root "attachers"; peg teeth. Ray states this mask made by same person as 2-5854.

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