Wooden Mask

Item number E25651-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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FROM CARD: "ILLUS. ON PLATE IX (P. 163), BAE ANN. REPT. FOR 1882. DALL (P. 101) ATTRIBUTES IT "NEAR LEVUKA, FRIENDLY ISLANDS" (PROPERLY LIFUKA, TONGA). HOWEVER BUCK (ARTS AND CRAFTS OF COOK IS., BISHOP MUS. BULL 179, P. 506) ASSERTS NO MASKS EXISTED IN TONGA. THIS MASK APPEARS RATHER TO HAVE NORTHWEST PACIFIC COAST AFFINITIES.--RIESENBERG, 5/5/59. 5/31/59 A LETTER AND PHOTO TO ROBERT B. INVERARITY, WAS ANSWERED SAYING THAT HE WAS SURE THAT IT WAS FROM THE KWAKIUTL, AND SIMILAR SPECIMEN ONCE IN HEYE MUS., N.Y.C. THE WOOD HAS BEEN DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED BY WM. WATKINS AS SPRUCE, POSSIBLY SITKA VARIETY. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."