Mask

Museum number:
2-4596
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004596
Alternate number:
x-742 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; one feather; painted mustard yellow with red and black dots; sinew binding.
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
Materials:
Feather (material) and Hair (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and height 8 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, Pl. 376, text p. 202.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-4596, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; one feather; painted mustard yellow with red and black dots; sinew binding.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 2-4596, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; one feather; painted mustard yellow with red and black dots; sinew binding.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4596, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; one feather; painted mustard yellow with red and black dots; sinew binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4596, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; one feather; painted mustard yellow with red and black dots; sinew binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-4596, described as Finger mask; wooden; encircled with caribou hair; one feather; painted mustard yellow with red and black dots; sinew binding.

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