Whalebone Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUND MASK HAS SCULPTED FACIAL FEATURES. HAS ALMOND-SHAPED RECESSES FOR INLAID IVORY EYES W/ BALEEN PUPILS. NOSE HAS HOLLOWED NOSTRILS & MOUTH HAS IVORY TEETH). BELOW THE LOWER LIP, ON EITHER SIDE, ARE 2 IVORY LABRETS PROTRUDING OUTWARD. FRONT & BACK SURFACES OF MASK ARE HEAVILY PITTED. IN THE BACK, AT THE TOP IS A RECTANGULAR NOTCH W/ 2 PIERCED HOLES & A GOLD-TONE METAL BALL CHAIN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jan 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E427963-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 27.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm