Mask
70-9-518
From: Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-518 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Carved wood with two rows of small pegs inset diagonally down the center. Red and green paint. Note in Speck's handwriting on tag accompanying object: "Dance mask used in inviting contest Feast, worn by dancer impersonating animal spirit= Frog." |
| Length | 19.4 m |
| Width | 13.4 m |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
| Other Number | 268 - Other Number |
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