Mask

Museum number:
2-5848
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-938 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden bird face; very faded gray-green and red paint; a beak originally fitted into a square hole.
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:
1880-1890
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:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 11.2 centimeters and height 15.7 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, Pl. 17, text p. 192-93. References: Nelson, Pl. XCV, p. 397.
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), and S1969-1970 #13: Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (August 7, 1969–January 2, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-5848, described as Wooden bird face; very faded gray-green and red paint; a beak originally fitted into a square hole.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-5848, described as Wooden bird face; very faded gray-green and red paint; a beak originally fitted into a square hole.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-5848, described as Wooden bird face; very faded gray-green and red paint; a beak originally fitted into a square hole.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-5848, described as Wooden bird face; very faded gray-green and red paint; a beak originally fitted into a square hole.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-5848, described as Wooden bird face; very faded gray-green and red paint; a beak originally fitted into a square hole.

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