Mask

Museum number:
2-4602
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004602
Alternate number:
x-748 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; encircled with caribou hair; feathers; blue forehead, red chin, white and tan elsewhere.
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) and Hair (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:
Used by women during dances.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4406; 25-2317. Published: Ray, Pl. 35, text p. 201.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4602, described as Finger mask; encircled with caribou hair; feathers; blue forehead, red chin, white and tan elsewhere.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4602, described as Finger mask; encircled with caribou hair; feathers; blue forehead, red chin, white and tan elsewhere.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4602, described as Finger mask; encircled with caribou hair; feathers; blue forehead, red chin, white and tan elsewhere.

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