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Object Number
15-14-10/86046
Display Title
Spirit mask. Crescent-shaped and round eyes, red-painted groove around edges.
Descriptions
Object Description
Spirit mask. Crescent-shaped and round eyes, red painted groove around edges, caribou fur in mouth.
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, oval-shaped, round holes for mouth and one eye, painted upside-down blue tear-drop design with white polka dots from mouth to area of proper left eye, white feathers along top edge
Classification
- Mask
- Pipe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bering Strait Inupiaq
- Bering Strait Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Southwest
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement does not include feathers): 16.5 × 13.5 × 3.4 cm (6 1/2 × 5 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86046; 551
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(?)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1915)
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