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Object Number
10-47-10/76826
Display Title
Mask representing Djilakons
Descriptions
Object Description
Mask. Probably represents Djilakons, an ancestress of the Haida Eagle moiety, who was often represented as wearing a large labret.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden mask, human face with labret, painted blue, red, black.
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1828 or earlier
Artist
Kaigani Master of the Labret Woman
Culture
- Haida
- Kaigani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 25 × 19 × 14 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Storage: 38.7351 × 29.2101 × 7.62 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 3 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Inscription on mask interior (see Remarks); 10-47-10/76826; L52/2/89; Correct likeness of / Jenna Cafs, a high chief woman /
Credit Line
Exchange from the American Antiquarian Society, 1910
Provenance
Collector
J. Goodwin
(1826)
Exchange participant
American Antiquarian Society
(1910)
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