Finger mask; wooden with 4 bunches of feathers (only one bunch attached); animal-llike protruding face; worn red and white paint and black paint on face.
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:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7.2 centimeters and height 11.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4409; 25-2320. Published: Ray, Pl. 34, text p. 201.