Cape Barrow / Kuskokwim River, Alaska, United States, North America / 9 Feb 1882
Dance Mask, Fastened To A Gorget
Dance Mask, Fastened To A Gorget
The Smithsonian catalogs Dance Mask, Fastened To A Gorget as mask / gorget in its Ethnology records.
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FROM CARD: "SIMILAR SPECIMENS, CAT. NOS. 56,493; 89,817, 818. WING SHAPED SMALL MASK, MAN IN CENTER PAINTED RED. SCALLOPED BORDER IN RED WITH ANIMAL AND BOAT FIGURES IN BLACK. HUMAN FACE WITH ENAMEL TEETH FITS OVER IT. MASK HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE GORGET. INVENTORIED 1977. 64230 LOANED TO RENWICK 8/6/81. RETURNED 8/1983. MASK AND GORGET, CA. 1850-80. ESKIMO; POINT BARROW, ALASKA. WOOD, BRAIDE