House model

Museum number:
2-4572
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004572
Alternate number:
x-718 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Dance house model showing exterior and interior. Exterior entrance with crawl hole. Interior with benches, 4 seated men holding drums (1 drum missing, 1 lacking skin), 5 men standing on plank floor. Building is wood planks and dowels, all men are carved wood and have black painted facial features.
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:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
made for sale
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 26.5 centimeters, length 34.5 centimeters, and height 25.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled House model, accession number 2-4572, described as Dance house model showing exterior and interior. Exterior entrance with crawl hole. Interior with benches, 4 seated men holding drums (1 drum missing, 1 lacking skin), 5 men standing on plank floor. Building is wood planks and dowels, all men are carved wood and have black painted facial features.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled House model, accession number 2-4572, described as Dance house model showing exterior and interior. Exterior entrance with crawl hole. Interior with benches, 4 seated men holding drums (1 drum missing, 1 lacking skin), 5 men standing on plank floor. Building is wood planks and dowels, all men are carved wood and have black painted facial features.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled House model, accession number 2-4572, described as Dance house model showing exterior and interior. Exterior entrance with crawl hole. Interior with benches, 4 seated men holding drums (1 drum missing, 1 lacking skin), 5 men standing on plank floor. Building is wood planks and dowels, all men are carved wood and have black painted facial features.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled House model, accession number 2-4572, described as Dance house model showing exterior and interior. Exterior entrance with crawl hole. Interior with benches, 4 seated men holding drums (1 drum missing, 1 lacking skin), 5 men standing on plank floor. Building is wood planks and dowels, all men are carved wood and have black painted facial features.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled House model, accession number 2-4572, described as Dance house model showing exterior and interior. Exterior entrance with crawl hole. Interior with benches, 4 seated men holding drums (1 drum missing, 1 lacking skin), 5 men standing on plank floor. Building is wood planks and dowels, all men are carved wood and have black painted facial features.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled House model, accession number 2-4572, described as Dance house model showing exterior and interior. Exterior entrance with crawl hole. Interior with benches, 4 seated men holding drums (1 drum missing, 1 lacking skin), 5 men standing on plank floor. Building is wood planks and dowels, all men are carved wood and have black painted facial features.

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