Parka

Museum number:
2-6904a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026904a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Seal gut parka (b) with wood mask (a). (a) mask, wood with white, red, gray-green pigment; one eye in relief, exaggerated curved mouth; wing-like attachment on its left side; several pieces missing. (b) gut parka with grass fiber sewn seams.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Lower Yukon River, Yukon River, Yukon
Verbatim coll. place:
; Lower Yukon River
Culture or time period:
Lower Yukon River Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
(a) is probably a shamans mask. It is dubious that the parka and the mask belong together, according to Ray.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— width 23.2 centimeters, (b)— 1.12 inches, and (a)— height 31.4 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. UCLMA 2-5851, 5854 in D. Ray's Eskimo Masks (Pl. III and Pl. 3 - see notes in Ray dicussing these). See Ray, pp. 30 - 31.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6904a,b, described as Seal gut parka (b) with wood mask (a). (a) mask, wood with white, red, gray-green pigment; one eye in relief, exaggerated curved mouth; wing-like attachment on its left side; several pieces missing. (b) gut parka with grass fiber sewn seams.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6904a,b, described as Seal gut parka (b) with wood mask (a). (a) mask, wood with white, red, gray-green pigment; one eye in relief, exaggerated curved mouth; wing-like attachment on its left side; several pieces missing. (b) gut parka with grass fiber sewn seams.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6904a,b, described as Seal gut parka (b) with wood mask (a). (a) mask, wood with white, red, gray-green pigment; one eye in relief, exaggerated curved mouth; wing-like attachment on its left side; several pieces missing. (b) gut parka with grass fiber sewn seams.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6904a,b, described as Seal gut parka (b) with wood mask (a). (a) mask, wood with white, red, gray-green pigment; one eye in relief, exaggerated curved mouth; wing-like attachment on its left side; several pieces missing. (b) gut parka with grass fiber sewn seams.

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