Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG.364, P.266. (FINGER MASK)." Crossroads of Continents catalogue identifies as Bering Sea Eskimo walrus-face dance fan, which originally had caribou fur trim. It depicts a walrus spirit, possibly walrus-man.
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 69 p. 69 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Figure caption notes: "Dancers wear finger masks in pairs. This one originally had a series of feathers around it, which would bounce during the dance. It has two baby walrus tusks and a female "frowning" mouth, a symbol associated with sea mammals. The outer edge is painted red, showing the traditional Yupik lifeline."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kuskokwim Bay, Lower, 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: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38649-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Fan