Mask Item Number: E2660-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "DESTROYED. JUNE 7, 1973 THIS MASK WAS NUMBERED T-656 FOR SEVERAL YEARS DURING WHICH TIME IT HAS BEEN CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS THE DESTROYED WILKES MASK. THE MASK EXHIBITS THE EFFECTS OF THE 1865 FIRE IN THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. SOME FARSIGHTED EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY CHOSE NOT TO DISCARD IT DESPITE ITS CONDITION."Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from United States Exploring Expedition during 1858
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- E2660-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Received from
- United States Exploring Expedition
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1858
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00050