Mask representing a brown bear
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; said to have been used by the Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Donor
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Donor
content: Morton D. May (Buster May), Non-Indian, 1914-1983
label: Previous owner
content: Belle G. Simpson (Belle Goldstein Simpson/Mrs. Robert O.D. Simpson), Non-Indian, 1885-1985
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Belle Goldstein Simpson (Mrs. Robert O.D. Simpson, 1885-1985, owner of the Nugget Shop in Juneau, Alaska); acquired by Morton D. May (1914-1983, Native art collector) in the mid 1960s; donated to MAI in 1967 by Mr. May and the May Company (his department store chain).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Baranof Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/3149
label: Barcode
content: 243149.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mask representing a brown bear
label: Media/Materials
content: Copper, bearskin/fur, abalone/haliotis shell, mountain goat horn
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, incised, inlaid, aboriginally repaired
label: Dimensions
content: 41.5 x 28.6 cm