Mask

Museum number:
2-6447
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006447
Alternate number:
x-2640 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden; hole in center; 1 feather, 2 quills, 1 feather missing; painted red triangles; incised lines; single finger hole made of 2 nails bound at heads with sinew.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Feather (material), Iron (metal), Paint (coating), and Root (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7.7 centimeters and height 8.3 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, Pl. 37, text p. 202.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6447, described as Finger mask; wooden; hole in center; 1 feather, 2 quills, 1 feather missing; painted red triangles; incised lines; single finger hole made of 2 nails bound at heads with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6447, described as Finger mask; wooden; hole in center; 1 feather, 2 quills, 1 feather missing; painted red triangles; incised lines; single finger hole made of 2 nails bound at heads with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6447, described as Finger mask; wooden; hole in center; 1 feather, 2 quills, 1 feather missing; painted red triangles; incised lines; single finger hole made of 2 nails bound at heads with sinew.

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