Mask

Museum number:
2-6919
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006919
Alternate number:
26 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Wooden; squared off, box-like face with a tiny head for nose; faded white paint with black dots; probably seal extending downward from the box; painted and bluish (faded); feathers. Sinew or rawhide tie. Center and right feathers trimmed and reset ca. 1.5 shorter due to damage.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1890-1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 25.2 centimeters and width 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4395 a, b; 25-2305. Published: Ray, Pl. 21, text 189-191. Also ill. p. 133 Ray (ed.) H.M.W. Edmonds' Report on the Eskimos of St. Michael and Vicinity.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1961-1962 #62: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 12, 1962–April 12, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6919, described as Wooden; squared off, box-like face with a tiny head for nose; faded white paint with black dots; probably seal extending downward from the box; painted and bluish (faded); feathers. Sinew or rawhide tie. Center and right feathers trimmed and reset ca. 1.5 shorter due to damage.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-6919, described as Wooden; squared off, box-like face with a tiny head for nose; faded white paint with black dots; probably seal extending downward from the box; painted and bluish (faded); feathers. Sinew or rawhide tie. Center and right feathers trimmed and reset ca. 1.5 shorter due to damage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6919, described as Wooden; squared off, box-like face with a tiny head for nose; faded white paint with black dots; probably seal extending downward from the box; painted and bluish (faded); feathers. Sinew or rawhide tie. Center and right feathers trimmed and reset ca. 1.5 shorter due to damage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6919, described as Wooden; squared off, box-like face with a tiny head for nose; faded white paint with black dots; probably seal extending downward from the box; painted and bluish (faded); feathers. Sinew or rawhide tie. Center and right feathers trimmed and reset ca. 1.5 shorter due to damage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6919, described as Wooden; squared off, box-like face with a tiny head for nose; faded white paint with black dots; probably seal extending downward from the box; painted and bluish (faded); feathers. Sinew or rawhide tie. Center and right feathers trimmed and reset ca. 1.5 shorter due to damage.

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