Mask

Museum number:
2-6918
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
13-4394 (associated catalog number), 25-2305 (associated catalog number), and 30D (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Wood; 1 oval eye with crescent hole, 1 round eye, round mouth; 6 feathers inserted directly into the top and the sides.
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
Materials:
Feathers and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— depth 1.5 inches, whole— width 12.75 inches, width 11.1 centimeters, whole— height 12 inches, and height 15.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4394 a, b; 25-2305. Published: Ray, Pl. 10, text 186.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968), S1972-1973 #79: Sonoma State University (April 26, 1973–May 31, 1973), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2017-2018 #3: Heard Museum (October 29, 2018–February 18, 2019)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6918, described as Wood; 1 oval eye with crescent hole, 1 round eye, round mouth; 6 feathers inserted directly into the top and the sides.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6918, described as Wood; 1 oval eye with crescent hole, 1 round eye, round mouth; 6 feathers inserted directly into the top and the sides.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6918, described as Wood; 1 oval eye with crescent hole, 1 round eye, round mouth; 6 feathers inserted directly into the top and the sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6918, described as Wood; 1 oval eye with crescent hole, 1 round eye, round mouth; 6 feathers inserted directly into the top and the sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6918, described as Wood; 1 oval eye with crescent hole, 1 round eye, round mouth; 6 feathers inserted directly into the top and the sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6918, described as Wood; 1 oval eye with crescent hole, 1 round eye, round mouth; 6 feathers inserted directly into the top and the sides.

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