Mask
Item number 1570/54 a-y from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
The brown wood mask (part a) is a concavely curved elongated oval which tapers to a point at both the top and bottom. At the centre of the mask, there is carved a small round face with a forehead painted black, circular pupils cut out of the oval eyes, two small cut out nostrils, and an open cut out downward turned red mouth. Each pointed end of the mask is painted black, and there are black semi-triangles along the four sides of the central round face. There is a black-painted fin-like protrusion on each side of the top point of the mask, and a wood protrusion connected to each side of the bottom point of the mask with a metal wire. Many pegs (parts b-y) are inserted along the sides of the mask. The mask is connected to two curved wood sticks surrounding the mask in an oval formation by skin and fibre bands.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA before 1900
- Owned by Aileen Anne Winskill before February 2, 1993
- Received from Aileen Anne Winskill (Donor) on February 2, 1993
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- 1570/54 a-y
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, skin, fibre, paint and metal
- Overall
- height 40.0 cm, width 26.0 cm, depth 7.4 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
Who
- Culture
- Yup'ik
- Previous Owner
- Aileen Anne Winskill
- Received from
- Aileen Anne Winskill (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1900
- Ownership Date
- before February 2, 1993
- Acquisition Date
- on February 2, 1993
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 48
- Accession Number
- 1570/0054 a-y
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