Mask Wall Decoration "Kegginaquq"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: Mar 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Ann Fienup-Riordan
label: Donor Name
content: Ann Fienup-Riordan
notes: label: Notes
content: WALL DECORATION CARVED FROM WOOD, SHAPED AS A DANCE MASK. CENTRAL HAWK'S HEAD, TONGUE EXTENDED. TRADITIONAL WOOD DOUBLE RING HALO ("ELLANGUAT") EXTENDS OUT FROM 4 POSTS, WITH 9 ATTACHED APPENDAGES, CARVED WOOD TAIL, WINGS, FEET & FEATHERS. PAINTED WHITE & RED, DETAIL WITH BLACK MAGIC MARKER. CARVED BY NICK CHARLES, WHO USED TRADITIONAL ADZE AND CROOKED KNIFE. SEE ACC. RECORDS AND ANTHRO. ARCHIVES FOR DETAILED INFO. ON CARVER & TECHNIQUE. Note re photos: Neg. # 99-20236 is full front view of mask. Neg. # 99-20237 is view from side/profile.
label: Notes
content: Yup'ik Hawk Mask (Kegginaquq, "thing that is like a face"), made by Nick Charles, ca. 1985, wood, red and white clay, black magic marker.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 May 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nelson Island, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 366838
label: USNM Number
content: E424211-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 55 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 19 cm