Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Jun 1912
label: Collection Date
content: 1878 to 1909
name: label: Collector
content: Gov John G. Brady
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Edward H. Harriman
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CARVED(?) HEAD OF ANIMAL; PAINTED RED AND BLACK. HELMET TYPE." IDENTIFIED BY PETER MACNAIR, GUEST CURATOR OF THE DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY EXHIBITION, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998, AS A WOLF MASK, ARCHAIC KWAKWAKA'WAKW. BASED ON THIS IDENTIFICATION, WILLIAM STURTEVANT, CURATOR OF NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, DECIDED TO UPDATE THE CATALOG RECORD AND STORE THE OBJECT AS KWAKIUTL. ILLUS. FIG. 126, P. 151 IN DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY BY PETER MACNAIR, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998. IDENTIFIED THERE BY PETER MACNAIR AS FOREHEAD MASK REPRESENTING WOLF, C. 1860, KWAKIUTL.
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: Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 054171
label: USNM Number
content: E274261-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 17.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 41.9 cm