Mask

NA1231

From: Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1231
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo | Bering Strait Inupiaq
Provenience Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1900
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint
Description

Dancer's mask. Hair, eyebrows, mustache and chin painted black. Oval shape; wood. Face has white paint on it; eyes, nostrils, and mouth are carved hollow.

Length 20.7 cm
Width 15.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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