Carved Wooden Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. John B. White
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S FACE; PAINTED; LIP PLUG [i.e. labret, and nose ring]. LOANED TO BUENOS AIRES, 1954 - RETURNED 1955. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CEREMONIAL MASK.---MADE OF WOOD, ORNAMENTED WITH WHITE, RED, AND BLUE PAINT. A BRASS RING PIERCES THE SEPTUM OF THE NOSE. LENGTH, 9 INCHES; WIDTH, 6 1/4 INCHES. TLINGIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 21,572." Mask was originally catalogued as "Koloshian", but identification was later changed to Haida at an unknown time by an unknown person.
label: Notes
content: Mask was originally catalogued as "Koloshian", but identification was later changed to Haida at an unknown time by an unknown person. “Carved wooden masks. These of women represent the face of an Alaska married woman. The lower lip pierced with large piece of ivory. The married women are recognized by this feature (and ring in nose.)” And, mask “is a facsimile of the face of the ordinary Alaska Indian woman (the lower lip pierced) all married woman observe this custom but a shirt silver needle or pin would better represent prevailing custom, excepting in women somewhat advanced in years.” per White's original catalog in the NAA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004869
label: USNM Number
content: E21572-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 23 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.88 cm