Mask

Museum number:
2-6445
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006445
Alternate number:
x-2638 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.
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:
Paint (coating)
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:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 10.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4407; 25-2318. Published: Erna Gunther, "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home" Centennial Exposition Catalog, May 27-Sept. 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska, p. 37.; "Masks of the Alaskan Eskimo" by Erna Gunther, The Delphian Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3, Summer 1967, p. 5; Ray, Pl. 33, text p. 200. Remarks: Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-Sept. 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1966-1967 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (August 12, 1966–September 2, 1966), and S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6445, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; brown, white, and black pigment; open beak carved above and below mouth; 2 fingerholds.

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