Mask

Museum number:
2-6923
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006923
Alternate number:
77 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Finger mask; wooden with red and white painted areas and black spots; hole in center; feathers missing; handle instead of finger holes.
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:
height 13.2 centimeters and width 9.4 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4405; 25-2316. Published: Ray, Pl. 38, text p. 203.
Loans:
S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6923, described as Finger mask; wooden with red and white painted areas and black spots; hole in center; feathers missing; handle instead of finger holes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6923, described as Finger mask; wooden with red and white painted areas and black spots; hole in center; feathers missing; handle instead of finger holes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6923, described as Finger mask; wooden with red and white painted areas and black spots; hole in center; feathers missing; handle instead of finger holes.

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