Mosquito mask
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tlingit (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Bernard A. Whalen (B.A. Whalen), Non-Indian, 1869-1942
label: Seller
content: Bernard A. Whalen (B.A. Whalen), Non-Indian, 1869-1942
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye in 1905 from Bernard A. Whalen (1869-1942), who dealt in "Alaskan Indian Curios" and operated Whalen's Curio Store in Los Angeles, California.
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place: label: Place
content: Klukwan; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: 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: 6981
label: Barcode
content: 006981.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Masks and Masking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mosquito mask
label: Media/Materials
content: Copper, abalone/haliotis shell
label: Techniques
content: Hammered, incised, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 27 x 35 x 20.5 cm