Wall Hanging
Mask
2018-12-1.6
From: North America | United States of America | Alaska | Nunivak Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2018-12-1.6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yupik |
| Provenience | North America | United States of America | Alaska | Nunivak Island |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1940-1959 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Gull Feather | Paint |
| Description | Wood carving in the shape of a bird with a round smiling black face painted on its back and two wooden rings attached with eleven appendages made up of attached bird feathers with small carved wood elements attached to each feather. Positioned at 5:00, this attachment includes a bird feather with a carved wooden labret attached to its tip. A small tuft of black animal fur is attached to the end. |
| Length | 15.8 cm |
| Width | 4.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Edward J. Devinney in memory of his sister, Eileen Devinney, 2018 |
| Other Number | 2701 - Other Number |
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