Carving

Museum number:
2-4791
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-4791 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden carving of a man holding a head or mask; man sitting on frog. Painted red and black. Round and oval hollows on back. Made of Alaska pine.
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:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Decoration set up in the house on the back wall (informant, Charles Brown). Said to be crest of frog moiety.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 21 inches
Loans:
S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963) and S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 2-4791, described as Wooden carving of a man holding a head or mask; man sitting on frog. Painted red and black. Round and oval hollows on back. Made of Alaska pine.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 2-4791, described as Wooden carving of a man holding a head or mask; man sitting on frog. Painted red and black. Round and oval hollows on back. Made of Alaska pine.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Carving, accession number 2-4791, described as Wooden carving of a man holding a head or mask; man sitting on frog. Painted red and black. Round and oval hollows on back. Made of Alaska pine.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-4791, described as Wooden carving of a man holding a head or mask; man sitting on frog. Painted red and black. Round and oval hollows on back. Made of Alaska pine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-4791, described as Wooden carving of a man holding a head or mask; man sitting on frog. Painted red and black. Round and oval hollows on back. Made of Alaska pine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-4791, described as Wooden carving of a man holding a head or mask; man sitting on frog. Painted red and black. Round and oval hollows on back. Made of Alaska pine.

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