Finger mask

Museum number:
2-2860
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Finger mask; wooden with bird-like face; feathers missing; black forehead and beak, white face, red border. According to Ray once had blue forehead and red circle and handhold.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea or Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Dancing. According to Ray (page 202), this once had white face, blue forehead, and red circle and handhold; cf. 2-2861.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 6.7 centimeters and height 9.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4404. Published: Ray, Pl. 36, text p. 202.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #118: Institution of American Indian Arts (April 11, 1968–July 15, 1968), S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974), and S1982-1983 #35: California State University, Chico (April 5, 1983–July 26, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Finger mask, accession number 2-2860, described as Finger mask; wooden with bird-like face; feathers missing; black forehead and beak, white face, red border. According to Ray once had blue forehead and red circle and handhold. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Finger mask, accession number 2-2860, described as Finger mask; wooden with bird-like face; feathers missing; black forehead and beak, white face, red border. According to Ray once had blue forehead and red circle and handhold. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Finger mask, accession number 2-2860, described as Finger mask; wooden with bird-like face; feathers missing; black forehead and beak, white face, red border. According to Ray once had blue forehead and red circle and handhold. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Finger mask, accession number 2-2860, described as Finger mask; wooden with bird-like face; feathers missing; black forehead and beak, white face, red border. According to Ray once had blue forehead and red circle and handhold. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Finger mask, accession number 2-2860, described as Finger mask; wooden with bird-like face; feathers missing; black forehead and beak, white face, red border. According to Ray once had blue forehead and red circle and handhold. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
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