Mask

Museum number:
2-10870
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010870
Alternate number:
38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.581
Description:
Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.
Donor:
William A. Setchell
Collection place:
Juneau, Juneau Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Juneau
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
William A. Setchell
Collection date:
1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1922
Context of use:
Dance mask.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21728. Published: Illustrated in R.H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology catalog, "Art of the Northwest Coast", Spring exhibit, March 26-October 17, 1965, p. 90; "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home" by Erna Gunther, Centennial Exposition catalog, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska, p. 24; "The American West", Vol. VIII, No. 3, May, 1971, p. 19. Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967), S1972-1973 #70: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (March 21, 1973–December 13, 1977), S1979-1980 #48: University of California, Davis (April 1, 1980–June 9, 1980), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-10870, described as Bear head mask, decorated with strips of copper; dark brown glass eyes; wood painted black (?), red and white. Had fur cap attached, now long since destroyed by moths.

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