Mask

Museum number:
2-6477
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006477
Alternate number:
x-2670 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden; anthropomorphic; hinged, moveable jaw; painted red with black mustache, beard, eyebrows; inserted peg teeth; circlet of wolf hair attached to skin at top; feathers (1 separate, 1 missing); rawhide tie and fastenings.
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
Materials:
Baleen, Feather (material), and Fur (hair material)
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:
height 19.2 centimeters and width 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4383; 25-2295. Published: Ray, Pl. 27, text p. 197.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6477, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; hinged, moveable jaw; painted red with black mustache, beard, eyebrows; inserted peg teeth; circlet of wolf hair attached to skin at top; feathers (1 separate, 1 missing); rawhide tie and fastenings.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6477, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; hinged, moveable jaw; painted red with black mustache, beard, eyebrows; inserted peg teeth; circlet of wolf hair attached to skin at top; feathers (1 separate, 1 missing); rawhide tie and fastenings.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6477, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; hinged, moveable jaw; painted red with black mustache, beard, eyebrows; inserted peg teeth; circlet of wolf hair attached to skin at top; feathers (1 separate, 1 missing); rawhide tie and fastenings.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6477, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; hinged, moveable jaw; painted red with black mustache, beard, eyebrows; inserted peg teeth; circlet of wolf hair attached to skin at top; feathers (1 separate, 1 missing); rawhide tie and fastenings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6477, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; hinged, moveable jaw; painted red with black mustache, beard, eyebrows; inserted peg teeth; circlet of wolf hair attached to skin at top; feathers (1 separate, 1 missing); rawhide tie and fastenings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6477, described as Wooden; anthropomorphic; hinged, moveable jaw; painted red with black mustache, beard, eyebrows; inserted peg teeth; circlet of wolf hair attached to skin at top; feathers (1 separate, 1 missing); rawhide tie and fastenings.

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