Mask

Museum number:
2-6455
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2648 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Finger mask; wooden with animal face; feathers missing; black forehead and nose; white cheeks, red border, single finger hole.
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:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4.9 centimeters and height 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4404; 25-2315. Published: Ray, Pl. 36, text p. 202.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962) and S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6455, described as Finger mask; wooden with animal face; feathers missing; black forehead and nose; white cheeks, red border, single finger hole.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6455, described as Finger mask; wooden with animal face; feathers missing; black forehead and nose; white cheeks, red border, single finger hole.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6455, described as Finger mask; wooden with animal face; feathers missing; black forehead and nose; white cheeks, red border, single finger hole.

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