Indian Mask Item Number: E20923-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: *TLINGIT. REMARKS: *HAS A NOOTKAN APPEARANCE."Notes from Glen Wood, Tsimshian artist, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 8/14/1983: "Nootka, not Tlingit. Typical Nootka wedge-shaped head. See the Legacy cat. from Victoria, B.C., as well as Cat. 54084 for further examples."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Indian Mask
- Identification Number
- E20923-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ? or Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) ?
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730