Face shield

Museum number:
2-19082
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019082
Alternate number:
284 (original number, Number on object. Number is difficult to read, could be 287, or 289 as well.)
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Worn with hide or slat armor.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 25 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-13616; 15-21805. Published: Illustrated in R.H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology catalog, "Art of the Northwest Coast", Spring exhibit, March 26-October 17, 1965, p. 89. Illustrated: "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home" by Erna Gunther, Centennial Exposition catalog, May 25-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska, p. 8. Wardwell (1964), "Yakutat South: Indian Art of the Northwest Coast", Art Institute of Chicago, p. 20, pl. 3. Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #58: Art Institute of Chicago (February 4, 1964–May 15, 1964), S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1971-1972 #85: University of California, Los Angeles (February 2, 1972–July 10, 1972), S1979-1980 #48: University of California, Davis (April 1, 1980–June 9, 1980), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.

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