Mask

NA5823C

From: Alaska | Anvik

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number NA5823C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Athapaskan | Deg Hit’an (Ingalik)
Provenience Alaska | Anvik
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment | Leather
Description

One of three oval wooden masks. Massive with angular nose a continuation of forehead. Face painted white; black eye lines and brows and mustache; red chin and nose continued and expanded on blue-green forehead. B and C are identical with A, but C has a broken chin.

Credit Line Purchased from Leo Dimoski, 1917

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