Painted Wooden Mask Item Number: E360976-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "WORN AS A FALSE FACE. HAS MOVABLE EYES AND MANDIBLE; MOUTH PIECE OF TIN; COPPER STRIP NAILED OVER LEFT BROW. THIS MASK IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM THE NAIS [NASS] RIVER GROUP OF THE TSINSHIM [TSIMSHIAN]. COLLECTOR'S TAG: #108 TLINGIT INDIAN - TAKU TRIBAL MARK. CONQUERED FROM NUMBER OF FLATHEADS OF NASH [NASS] R., B.C. PRICE $35.00 (SUGGESTED ORIGIN TSIMSIAN)."
Item History
- Made
- Collected
- Received from Victor J. Evans on March 20, 1931
What
- Name
- Painted Wooden Mask
- Identification Number
- E360976-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit, Taku, Tsimshian, Nass River ? and Nisga'a ?
- Received from
- Victor J. Evans
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- “United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain): Alaska (not certain) / British Columbia (not certain) / Yukon (not certain)” ?
- Collected in
- “United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain): Alaska (not certain) / British Columbia (not certain) / Yukon (not certain)” ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- on March 20, 1931
Other
- Accession Number
- 113605