Deer's [sic] Head Mask Item Number: E56474-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Mask has movable lower jaw.Note that catalog ledger book lists this as a "wolf's head" and the catalog card says this is a deer (source of this change/discrepancy is unknown - transcription error?). In 2019, Gwaai and Jaalen Edenshaw noted that the sharp teeth indicate that it is probably not a deer, and the long whiskers made from feather shafts make it look more like a mouse or shrew.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Alaska, USA
- Received on November 14, 1882
What
- Name
- Deer's [sic] Head Mask
- Identification Number
- E56474-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on November 14, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 012054