Indian Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "...WOODEN HELMET CARVED IN SHAPE OF WOLF'S HEAD, HAIDA ILLUS. IN USNM AR [for year 1888], PL. XIII, FIG. 41, P. 270." Note: this object is catalogued as from Neah Bay, Washington Territory, so it is unclear why this publication caption identifies it as Haida, though some of the other material in this collection is from Alaska. FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEADDRESS.---CUT FROM BLOCK OF CEDAR WOOD TO REPRESENT THE HEAD OF WOLF; MOUTH OPEN, DISPLAYING TEETH; TEETH PAINTED WHITE, LIPS RED, EYES BLACK AND WHITE. EARS ARE SEPARATE PIECES. UNDER SIDE CARVED OUT TO FIT HEAD OF WEARER. WORN IN NATIVE DANCES BY MAKAH INDIANS, NEAH BAY. LENGTH, 12 INS. HEIGHT TO TIP OF EAR, 7 1/2 INS. WASHINGTON TER., 1876. 23,441. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Neah Bay, Clallam County / Neah Bay, Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005260
label: USNM Number
content: E23441-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Height - To Tip Of Ear
content: 19.1 cm