Puppet

Museum number:
2-1302
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Drummer (?) with jointed arms, seated with legs folded in front; arms attached with rawhide thong and drumsticks probably once held in hands; carved wood with red-stained body, black painted facial features.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
According to Molly Lee, this is a puppet used in kashim.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 27.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson, p. 344.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 2-1302, described as Drummer (?) with jointed arms, seated with legs folded in front; arms attached with rawhide thong and drumsticks probably once held in hands; carved wood with red-stained body, black painted facial features.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 2-1302, described as Drummer (?) with jointed arms, seated with legs folded in front; arms attached with rawhide thong and drumsticks probably once held in hands; carved wood with red-stained body, black painted facial features.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 2-1302, described as Drummer (?) with jointed arms, seated with legs folded in front; arms attached with rawhide thong and drumsticks probably once held in hands; carved wood with red-stained body, black painted facial features.

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