Mask
96-19-5
From: Alaska | Hologochaket | Lower Yukon River Valley | Innoko Slough
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 96-19-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Hologochaket | Lower Yukon River Valley | Innoko Slough |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Feather | Cotton | Paint |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Iconography | Face |
| Description | Miniature messanger face mask: crudely carved; raised nose; black hair and eyebrows; white face edged in red; red round cheeks; black line around slits for eyes and down-turned mouth. Central holes has horizontal and vertical feathers; stems wrapped with cotton twine. Side holes for string attachment. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Catharine McClellan, 1996 |
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