Mask

Museum number:
2-6916
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006916
Alternate number:
13-4392 (associated catalog number), 25-2303 (associated catalog number), and 52 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Wooden with feathers; representing an owl; white and black painting with red detail; small "beak"; sinew or rawhide tie. Center feather trimed and reset ca. one cm shorter due to damage (1972).
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, Pigment, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 16.2 centimeters and width 11.2 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4392; 25-2303. Published: Ray, Pl. 16, text p. 192.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S2017-2018 #3: Heard Museum (October 29, 2018–February 18, 2019)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6916, described as Wooden with feathers; representing an owl; white and black painting with red detail; small "beak"; sinew or rawhide tie. Center feather trimed and reset ca. one cm shorter due to damage (1972).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6916, described as Wooden with feathers; representing an owl; white and black painting with red detail; small "beak"; sinew or rawhide tie. Center feather trimed and reset ca. one cm shorter due to damage (1972).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6916, described as Wooden with feathers; representing an owl; white and black painting with red detail; small "beak"; sinew or rawhide tie. Center feather trimed and reset ca. one cm shorter due to damage (1972).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6916, described as Wooden with feathers; representing an owl; white and black painting with red detail; small "beak"; sinew or rawhide tie. Center feather trimed and reset ca. one cm shorter due to damage (1972).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6916, described as Wooden with feathers; representing an owl; white and black painting with red detail; small "beak"; sinew or rawhide tie. Center feather trimed and reset ca. one cm shorter due to damage (1972).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6916, described as Wooden with feathers; representing an owl; white and black painting with red detail; small "beak"; sinew or rawhide tie. Center feather trimed and reset ca. one cm shorter due to damage (1972).

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