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Wooden mask
Object Number 14-27-10/85873
Display Title Wooden mask
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden human face mask, polychrome painted, with moustache.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Hazelton
Intrasite From old house a mile or two above Hazelton
Additional Geographic Terms Skeena River, North bank of
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 19.8 x 15 x 9.7 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85873 & 120
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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