Mask

Museum number:
2-6924
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006924
Alternate number:
68a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Finger mask; wooden; seal head painted red and blue, white background; feathers missing; single finger hole; hole above seals head.
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:
1891
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 9.7 centimeters and height 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4405; 25-2316. Published: Ray, Pl. 38, text p. 203.
Loans:
S1969-1970 #13: Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (August 7, 1969–January 2, 1970)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6924, described as Finger mask; wooden; seal head painted red and blue, white background; feathers missing; single finger hole; hole above seals head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6924, described as Finger mask; wooden; seal head painted red and blue, white background; feathers missing; single finger hole; hole above seals head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6924, described as Finger mask; wooden; seal head painted red and blue, white background; feathers missing; single finger hole; hole above seals head.

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