Wooden; painted red (border and mouth) and bluish-green; beveled teeth inserted like pegs; long, thin nose protrudes along all its length an inch or more from face; feathers missing.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1890-1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing; possibly used during the messenger feast dance in a humorous manner, according to Ray.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 13.9 centimeters and height 18.9 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4391; 25-2302. Published: Ray, Pl. X, text p. 177.
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), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962), S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968), S1969-1970 #13: Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (August 7, 1969–January 2, 1970), and S1973-1974 #106: Art Institute of Chicago (June 12, 1974–September 9, 1974)