Mask

Museum number:
2-6448
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006448
Alternate number:
x-2641 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden; feathers missing: painted (worn) bluish black, white face, red border; double finger hold.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11.2 centimeters and width 7.2 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, Pl. 38, text p. 203.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6448, described as Finger mask; wooden; feathers missing: painted (worn) bluish black, white face, red border; double finger hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6448, described as Finger mask; wooden; feathers missing: painted (worn) bluish black, white face, red border; double finger hold.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6448, described as Finger mask; wooden; feathers missing: painted (worn) bluish black, white face, red border; double finger hold.

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