Carved & Painted Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Dec 1884
label: Collection Date
content: 1884
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
notes: label: Notes
content: Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Carved & painted mask, with squid coronet. Carved from the solid. Unpainted except for green on facial features and crest. Wood used, presumably cedar or spruce. Tufts of hair pegged into crest symbolizing an octopus extending over crown from ear to ear. Cut sections of furred skin pegged and glued to upper lip and chin to represent moustaches and beard, also above eyes representing eyebrows (all now gone)."
label: Notes
content: Florence Sheakley, elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object features an octopus design, a symbol belonging to a group in Sitka. It has eyes made of copper.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015504
label: USNM Number
content: E74337-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Helmet