Mask

Museum number:
2-15550
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Maker or artist:
Charles Gwaytihl
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Early tourist carving. No wear patterns.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 24.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1963-1964 #58: Art Institute of Chicago (February 4, 1964–May 15, 1964), S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), S1979-1980 #48: University of California, Davis (April 1, 1980–June 9, 1980), S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15550, described as Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15550, described as Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15550, described as Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15550, described as Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15550, described as Of male face; seal fur eyebrows, mustache and beard; movable eyelids and mouth; red, black, white, orange-brown paint.

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