Wooden Dancing Mask Item Number: E67911-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CUT FROM THE SOLID, CARVED TO REPRESENT THE "THUNDERBIRD PAINTED, AND PEGGED WITH TUFTS OF HAIR (NOW GONE). STRONGLY RECURVED BEAK. PAINT COLORS: GREEN, VERMILLION, BLACK. (WOOD WHERE EXPOSED BENEATH PAINT IS CRUMBLING) NEG. NO. 43,228 (FRONT) NEG. NO. 43,228-A PROFILE-RIGHT SIDE) NEG. NO. 8374."Appears to be a set consisting of a war helmet and visor or collar, rather than a dance mask.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1882
- Received on November 3, 1882
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
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 1882
- Acquisition Date
- on November 3, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 012009