Mask
| Object Number: | NA5822B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Athapaskan Ingalik |
| Provenience: | Alaska Anvik |
| Culture Area: | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Feather Pigment |
| Height: | 31.5 cm |
| Width: | 27 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Leo Dimoski, 1917 |
| Other Number: | 40525 - Field No SF |
Description
Oval wooden mask with slot eyes and mouth. "Halo" of three bent splints with inserted white feathers. Face painted white with black hair, red cheek-spots and black "spectacle" eyes, eyebrows and five lines radiating downward from mouth.
B is "Blueberry" woman who dances with a basket and pretends to pick berries.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Raven's Journey: The World of Alaska's Native People ( Nov 1986 - Feb 2010) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Barsness, Kristin J., and Kaplan, Susan A. 1986. Raven's Journey.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 165, fig. 167; p. 110, pl. 16 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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