Spirit Mask Of Sand Hill Crane
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ONLY VISIBLE TO SHAMANS. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. XCVIII-1; P. 404. LONG, LARGE UNPAINTED MASK-DARK WOOD-HUMAN FACE AT BOTTOM, CRANES HEAD, NECK AND BEAK AT TOP." Mask is described on p. 402 of BAE 18th AR, Pt. 1: "This mask was said to represent the inua of the crane. The maker was a shaman, who claimed that once, when he was alone upon the tundra, he saw a sand-hill crane standing at a distance looking at him; as he approached, the feathers on the bird's breast parted, revealing the face of the bird's inua, as shown in the carving."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rasboinsky (Razboinski), Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E49020-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask