Spirit Mask
2004-23-15
From: Alaska | Copper River Valley | Chistochina
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2004-23-15 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Copper River Valley | Chistochina |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Creator | Jutus Mekianna |
| Date Made | 1959 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Caribou Skin | Hair | Fur |
| Iconography | Halloween | Old Man |
| Description | Spirit Mask representing an old man; course hair/fur attached to entire rim of mask serving as man's hair and beard; fine hair/fur attached to face of mask as eyebrows, mustache, and upper part of beard. Tag pinned says mask inspired by Halloween. Made by Jutus Mekianna (Jutus Miakana?) from Anaktuuuk Pass; |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Frederica de Laguna, 2004 |
| Other Number | #59 (De Laguna's notes) - Other Number |
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