Mask Face Item Number: E20892-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 3RD AR, PL. XVII, FIGS. 31-2, P. 179." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CEREMONIAL MASK. ---MADE OF WOOD, OUTLINES IN RED PAINT. EYES SLIGHTLY OPENED AND CARVED THROUGH THE WOOD. STRIPS OF BLACK CLOTH REPRESENT THE EYEBROWS AND MUSTACHE. LENGTH, 11 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 10 INCHES. HAIDA INDIANS (SKITTAGETAN STOCK), PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,892. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN." SEE ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Item History
- Made in Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Mask Face
- Identification Number
- E20892-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730