Mask
NA1231
From: Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Curatorial Section: American
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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