Dance Costume-- Shark (dogfish) Item Number: E89145-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
5 parts: the head mask, and 4 "fins". From card: "Shark (dog fish) head mask of wood; dorsal fin and tail. Dorsal fin attached by a belt aroung the body of the performer. / See also #150, Cat. No. 89,143. / Exhibit Hall 9, 1987. Identified in exhibit as Crest Mask- The Dogfish, Haida, collected at the village of Skidegate in 1883."
Item History
- Made in Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada during October 1883
- Received on December 21, 1883
What
- Name
- Dance Costume-- Shark (dogfish)
- Identification Number
- E89145-0
- Type of Item
- mask and dance ornament
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during October 1883
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 013804