Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "Puffin Inua Mask. Illust. in BAE 18th AR, Pt. 1; Pl. C2, 3, 4, p. 408 / and 2; p. 398. Small mask, 2 wooden hoops, human face in center, at bottom, turtle grasping small seal in jaws - blue, red and black. 1/83 Sites Inua Loan, 5/85 Returned."
label: Notes
content: Dimensions 30 x 34 x 14 cm.
label: Notes
content: On exhibit in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as a Yup'ik horned puffin mask: "Yup'ik masks honored animal spirits. The face emerging from the bird represents its inua, or spirit self."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Magemut, Yukon River, Mouth, Tundra South Of, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33107-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask