Mask

Museum number:
2-15547
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
17 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.
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 on this specimen.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
Quaa-telhl mentioned in the catalogue of American Museum of Natural History (NYC) and in Swanton. See pp. 70-71 "The Legacy" by Peter L. Macnair et al; also p. 182.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1966-1967 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (August 12, 1966–September 2, 1966), S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1967-1968 #126: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Vera Mae Frederickson (April 22, 1968–April 23, 1968), S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974), S1974-1975 #38: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 11, 1974–June 23, 1977), S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988), S1989-1990 #9: Autry National Center of the American West (November 17, 1989–March 9, 1990), S1993-1994 #8: Heffernan Films (November 3, 1993–November 3, 1993), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15547, described as Of human face; seal fur pegged on to simulate eyebrows, etc; movable lips; no eyeholes. Black and red facial markings. Made of alder.

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