Wooden; zoomorphic; painted black, except for area around eyes and nose, and inside of ears; commercial string tie.
Donor:
Lillian Barstow
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Wallace Barstow
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
Dancing; may be red fox or wolf.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 26.9 centimeters and width 15.4 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4401; 25-2312a, b. Published: Ray Pl. 31; text p. 199.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1969-1970 #13: Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (August 7, 1969–January 2, 1970), S1973-1974 #106: Art Institute of Chicago (June 12, 1974–September 9, 1974), and S1974-1975 #82: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (April 21, 1975–December 19, 1975)