Mask

NA5822B

From: Alaska | Anvik

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5822B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Athapaskan | Deg Hit’an (Ingalik)
Provenience Alaska | Anvik
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Feather | Pigment
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.

Height 31.5 cm
Width 27 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Leo Dimoski, 1917
Other Number 40525 - Field No SF

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