Mask

Museum number:
2-6476
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2669 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds and Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Feather (material)
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 35.1 centimeters and height 40 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-4383a, b; 25-2294. Published: Ray, Pl. 24, text p. 196.
Loans:
S1969-1970 #13: Museum of Fine Arts, Texas (August 7, 1969–January 2, 1970), S1971-1972 #26: Whitney Museum of American Art (October 4, 1971–January 20, 1972), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6476, described as Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6476, described as Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 2-6476, described as Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6476, described as Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6476, described as Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6476, described as Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 2-6476, described as Wood; central anthropomorphic face with additional superimposed face; red, black and white pigment; hoop bound with spruce root is piereced with 2 feathers; caribou hair inserted in edge of central section; 2 inset legs, 1 inset arm (found 1972); other inset arm found 1974.

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