Death Mask, Wood
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1869
label: Collection Date
content: 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas T. Minor
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Thomas T. Minor
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 3RD AR, PL. XXIX, FIG. 75, P. 203." Provenience note: though listed on the catalogue card as from Unalaska Island, the BAE 3rd AR reference cited on the catalogue card identifies this as an Aleutian mortuary mask from Unga Island, Shumagin Islands. On p. 140 of the BAE 3rd AR, Dall describes this mask and indicates that it was from a cave near the entrance to Delarof Harbor, Unga Island. He also indicates E7604 and A13002 are from the same cave.
label: Notes
content: Large mask, wood and ocher, 17th or 18th century, Unga Island, Shumagin Islands, Alaska.
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 92, p. 84 in Black, Lydia. 2003. Aleut art = Unangam aguqaadangin. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers. Identified there: "This is a mask collected ca. 1868-69 by Dr. T.T. Minor. Originally identified erroneously as a death mask coming from Unalaska. It was recatalogued, based on opinion by [William Healey] Dall, as coming from Unga, Shumagin Island. This mask has a tooth grip and thus was used by a participant in a rite."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Mar 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Unga Island / Delarof Harbor, Port Moller Quad / Aleutian Islands / Shumagin Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001499
label: USNM Number
content: E7946-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask