Mask
2004-23-16A
From: Alaska | Nunivak Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2004-23-16A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Nunivak Island |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1947 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Feather | Sinew | Hair | Paint |
| Iconography | White Man | Whale |
| Description | Wooden mask with attachments on feathers; portrays a white man; 2 raised wooden rings attached to face; outer ring has 10 holes for feather attachments: 2 hands, 2 legs, 2 whales, 4 wooden pieces with hair attached to end; letter from Magaret Lantis gives fixed places for attachments. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Frederica de Laguna, 2004 |
| Other Number | #58 (tag) LMPA 01392156 (on back of mask) - Other Number |
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