Wooden Mask Item Number: E338800-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "REPRESENTS BIRD, PROBABLY RAVEN. LONG BILL. PAINTED GREEN, RED, WHITE AND BLACK. 9/1962--BILL HOLM CONSIDERED THIS TO BE NOT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SOUTHERN GROUPS AND IF GOTTEN IN THE PLACE MENTIONED IT MUST HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FROM THE NORTHERN GROUP (RAE)."Notes from Glen Wood, Tsimshian artist, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 8/14/1983: "Agrees with Holm that this is Tlingit. However, it represents a mosquito, not a raven."
Item History
- Made in Washington, USA ?
- Collected in Washington, USA ?
- Received from Scottish Rite Supreme Council on July 15, 1927
What
- Name
- Wooden Mask
- Identification Number
- E338800-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Received from
- Scottish Rite Supreme Council
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Washington, USA ?
- Collected in
- Washington, USA ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- on July 15, 1927
Other
- Accession Number
- 097652