Visor (sunshade)

Museum number:
2-6443
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2636 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Sunshade (visor) with pin tail feathers and ornamented with ivory. Bent wood; decorated with two ivory profile bird heads (cormorant); two ivory walrus heads in the round; and two projecting wings with open work and incised with concentric circles; sinew cord.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to protect eyes from sun's glare
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 34 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Erna Gunther, "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home", Centennial Exposition catalog, May 27-Sept. 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska, p. 18. Remarks: Exhibited: Centennial Expostion, May 27- Sept. 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967), S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Visor (sunshade), accession number 2-6443, described as Sunshade (visor) with pin tail feathers and ornamented with ivory. Bent wood; decorated with two ivory profile bird heads (cormorant); two ivory walrus heads in the round; and two projecting wings with open work and incised with concentric circles; sinew cord.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor (sunshade), accession number 2-6443, described as Sunshade (visor) with pin tail feathers and ornamented with ivory. Bent wood; decorated with two ivory profile bird heads (cormorant); two ivory walrus heads in the round; and two projecting wings with open work and incised with concentric circles; sinew cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor (sunshade), accession number 2-6443, described as Sunshade (visor) with pin tail feathers and ornamented with ivory. Bent wood; decorated with two ivory profile bird heads (cormorant); two ivory walrus heads in the round; and two projecting wings with open work and incised with concentric circles; sinew cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Visor (sunshade), accession number 2-6443, described as Sunshade (visor) with pin tail feathers and ornamented with ivory. Bent wood; decorated with two ivory profile bird heads (cormorant); two ivory walrus heads in the round; and two projecting wings with open work and incised with concentric circles; sinew cord.

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