Seal Mask
NA6384
From: Alaska | Nunivak Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA6384 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Eskimo |
Provenience | Alaska | Nunivak Island |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Oval disc with central seal's face: 3 circular hoops attached by 4 radii. 4 carved and painted flippers and 1 tail flap attached to disc. 2 fish pendant from outer hoop. Hoops and face alternately red and blue. Forehead blue, mouth red, bluish ringed. Other details blue. Flippers red and blue. |
Length | 96.52 cm |
Width | 88.9 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Nunivak Island / Hooper Bay; William Blair Van Valin, 1919 |
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