Hooked nose, alder wood painted blue, black, and red. Represents a hawk (fide Vera Mae Fredrickson).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dance mask.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters and width 7.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1961-1962 #72: San Jose State University (May 2, 1962–May 15, 1962), S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975), S1981-1982 #50: Heffernan Films (March 15, 1982–March 23, 1982), S1983-1984 #2: Heffernan Films (July 18, 1983–July 22, 1983), S1987-1988 #8: Monterey Museum of Art (August 21, 1987–November 25, 1987), S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988), S1993-1994 #8: Heffernan Films (November 3, 1993–November 3, 1993), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)