Mask/Wall Decoration "Kegginaquq"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Ann Fienup-Riordan
label: Donor Name
content: Ann Fienup-Riordan
notes: label: Notes
content: HAWK'S HEAD HOLDING A FISH IN IT'S BEAK. TRADITIONAL WOOD DOUBLE RING HALO ("ELLANGUAQ") EXTENDS OUT FROM 4 POSTS, WITH 8 WOOD APPENDAGES ATTACHED WITH BIRD QUILLS. THE APPENDAGES REPRESENT 2 WINGS, 2 FEET, BIRD TAIL, BIRD HEAD, AND 2 FISH. PAINTED WHITE WITH DETAIL IN RED PAINT AND BLACK MAGIC MARKER. MADE BY NICK CHARLES, WHO USED TRADITIONAL ADZE AND CROOKED KNIFE. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON MAKER, TECHNIQUE, AND MEANING. SEE ALSO: ANN FIENUP-RIORDAN, "YUP'IK MASKS", UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS, 1996.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nelson Island, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 366838
label: USNM Number
content: E427307-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 66.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 50 cm