Jointed Mask Item Number: E23361-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---LEATHER BAND, 1 1/4 INCHES WIDE, 20 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE, TO WHICH ARE ATTACHED IN FRONT THE HEAD, ON SIDES THE WINGS, AND BEHIND THE TAIL OF A BIRD CARVED FROM WOOD AND PAINTED TO REPRESENT THE PARTS OF A BIRD RESPECTIVELY. WORN IN CEREMONIAL DANCES OF MAKAH INDIANS, NEAH BAY. LENGTH, 22 INS. SPREAD OF WINGS, 18 INS., WASHINGTON TERRITORY, 1876. 23,361. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Jointed Mask
- Identification Number
- E23361-0
- Type of Item
- headdress
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 005260