Tunghak Mask
NA11783
From: Alaska | Bering Sea
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA11783 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Bering Sea |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Date Made | 19th century |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Feathers |
| Iconography | birds, walrus, seal, tunghat spirit |
| Description | Shield-shaped, wooden plaque dance mask with central tunghat spirit face surrounded by five holes representing pathways to spirit worlds where birds, seals, and walruses are positioned. Hide thongs serve as hair; downturned mouth with two labrets inserted at lower lip. Feathers inserted around upper sides and edge connected with string. |
| Width | 71 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of James M. Wilcox, 1927 |
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