Mask

Museum number:
2-15546
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015546
Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Of human face with raven on forehead; carved and painted wood, black, red, blue pigments; no eyeholes.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Early tourist carving. No wear patterns, no perforations for attachment of thongs.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 26 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1961-1962 #59: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis) (April 4, 1962–October 17, 1962), S1966-1967 #44: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 16, 1966–November 16, 1966), S1968-1969 #128: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (May 29, 1969–May 29, 1969), S1982-1983 #35: California State University, Chico (April 5, 1983–July 26, 1984), S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987), and S1993-1994 #8: Heffernan Films (November 3, 1993–November 3, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-15546, described as Of human face with raven on forehead; carved and painted wood, black, red, blue pigments; no eyeholes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-15546, described as Of human face with raven on forehead; carved and painted wood, black, red, blue pigments; no eyeholes.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-15546, described as Of human face with raven on forehead; carved and painted wood, black, red, blue pigments; no eyeholes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15546, described as Of human face with raven on forehead; carved and painted wood, black, red, blue pigments; no eyeholes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15546, described as Of human face with raven on forehead; carved and painted wood, black, red, blue pigments; no eyeholes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-15546, described as Of human face with raven on forehead; carved and painted wood, black, red, blue pigments; no eyeholes.

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