Wooden 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: "LOANED TO THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1971. RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY 2-9-72." FROM CARD: "(DUP CARD). FINGER MASK; SMILING FACE; GREEN FOREHEAD, (PART OF A PAIR). 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. ILLUS. CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 362, P.265. LOAN RETURNED: JAN 21 1993." Crossroads of Continents catalogue identifies: "Dance Fans. Bering Sea Eskimo. Whereas men wore gloves, women danced with delicately carved fans, also called finger masks, in each hand."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Rasboinsky (Razboinski, Anqercaq), Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38855-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Fan