Fragments of dance masks (4) and 1 pc. bark driftwood. Two fragments w/this cat. no. found to be parts of other masks, cf. 2-21404, 21423. Material and techniques: weathered wood, driftwood bark. Ledger description: Eskimo ceremonial mask, fragments
Donor:
William Francis Baska
Collection place:
Lopp Lagoon, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Lopp Lagoon
Collector:
William Francis Baska
Collection date:
July 1950
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1950
Context of use:
Archaeological context: Underground houses in vicinity and remains from driftwood fires all over the island. Collector believes id. was trying-out place for whale hunters. Attributions of dates, culture and use: mask fragments.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Partly illegible ledger notation in Provenience column: Two lines in red ink: "1" (?) "piece part of 2-21403" and then the second line, immediately under the first line, is composed of four set of dittoes, under "1 piece part of", and then "2-21423". Note that the red ink of these comments appears to be the same color as that of the red ink lines (and associated comments) through four entries earlier on the same page, all part of the same Accession # 1019: 2-21411, 21414, 21416, 21418; in other words, these comments may have been added at the same time that these other four catalog numbers were red-lined.