Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: From cards: "Dance mask--A broad human face carved from wood and painted white with black lines around the eyes and over the nostrils. The ears are made of separate pieces of wood, painted red, and to each of them is attached a rawhide strip. A wooden ball is fastened on either side of the chin. The eyes, nostrils, and spaces between the teeth are cut entirely through the wood. A white feather is stuck on the forehead and to the side of the left eye. The band of spruce root is for fastening the mask to the head of the wearer. Length 12 inches; width, 10 inches. ESKIMO of NORTON SOUND, Alaska. 33,133. Collected by E.W. NELSON. Worn in dances, accompanied by the sound of a drum and songs relating to a hunting or fishing expedition, or more generally to some mythic legend." "Small human face-white with red ears, black dotted brows, moustache and beard black lip plug and bandd around eyes and nose, 2 rows wooden teeth."
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33133-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 30 cm
label: Width
content: 25 cm