Mask

NA5831A

From: Alaska | Anvik

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5831A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Dene | Deg Hit’an (Ingalik) (uncertain)
Provenience Alaska | Anvik
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment | Feather
Description

"Messenger" mask. Wooden, spool-turned. Ear pendants: moose hair on top. Long oval; convex forehead with black dots. A has a "Cyclops" eye with "spectacle" eye and black ring around circular mouth. First Cannibal Woman's Son.

Height 36 cm
Width 16.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Leo Dimoski, 1917

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