Mask

Museum number:
2-21
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000021
Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Wooden; anthropomorphic; right side of nose is broken off; teeth broken off; two labret holes (labrets missing); no pigment; split; hard conifer; skin tie. Resembles "Noh" mask.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 15.1 centimeters and height 22.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-21, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; right side of nose is broken off; teeth broken off; two labret holes (labrets missing); no pigment; split; hard conifer; skin tie. Resembles "Noh" mask.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-21, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; right side of nose is broken off; teeth broken off; two labret holes (labrets missing); no pigment; split; hard conifer; skin tie. Resembles "Noh" mask.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-21, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; right side of nose is broken off; teeth broken off; two labret holes (labrets missing); no pigment; split; hard conifer; skin tie. Resembles "Noh" mask.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-21, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; right side of nose is broken off; teeth broken off; two labret holes (labrets missing); no pigment; split; hard conifer; skin tie. Resembles "Noh" mask.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-21, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; right side of nose is broken off; teeth broken off; two labret holes (labrets missing); no pigment; split; hard conifer; skin tie. Resembles "Noh" mask.

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