Mask
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Earl L. Stendahl (Earl Leopold Stendahl), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
label: Previous owner
content: Stendahl Galleries (Stendahl Gallery), 1911-
label: Previous owner
content: Portland Art Museum, 1892-
label: Previous owner
content: Meltzer Gallery
label: Seller
content: Meltzer Gallery
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); purchased from his estate by Earl Stendahl (1888-1966) of the Stendahl Galleries (Hollywood, California) circa 1947; purchased by the Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon) from Earl Stendahl in 1948; purchased by the Meltzer Gallery (New York City) in 1959 at a surplus sale held by the Portland Art Museum; purchased by MAI from the Meltzer Gallery in 1963.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)
label: See related items
content: Masks and Masking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/2806
label: Barcode
content: 232806.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Alder
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 23.5 x 17.0 x 10.0 cm