Mask fragment ?

Museum number:
2-5906
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005906
Alternate number:
x-996 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved wood animal with caribou front and seal hind parts; separately carved legs; large perforation through animals body; black and white pigment.
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
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
ceremonial
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask fragment ?, accession number 2-5906, described as Carved wood animal with caribou front and seal hind parts; separately carved legs; large perforation through animals body; black and white pigment.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask fragment ?, accession number 2-5906, described as Carved wood animal with caribou front and seal hind parts; separately carved legs; large perforation through animals body; black and white pigment.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask fragment ?, accession number 2-5906, described as Carved wood animal with caribou front and seal hind parts; separately carved legs; large perforation through animals body; black and white pigment.

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