Mask

Museum number:
2-29415
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020029415
Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Wooden; unpainted, except for "hair" painted black; squinted eyes; puckered mouth.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Point Hope Eskimo
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1925
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 19.2 centimeters and width 12.6 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4403; 25-2314. Published: Ray, Pl. 32, text p. 199.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-29415, described as Wooden; unpainted, except for "hair" painted black; squinted eyes; puckered mouth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-29415, described as Wooden; unpainted, except for "hair" painted black; squinted eyes; puckered mouth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-29415, described as Wooden; unpainted, except for "hair" painted black; squinted eyes; puckered mouth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-29415, described as Wooden; unpainted, except for "hair" painted black; squinted eyes; puckered mouth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-29415, described as Wooden; unpainted, except for "hair" painted black; squinted eyes; puckered mouth.

Tools