| Catalog Number |
CAS 2019-0001-0175 |
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| Category |
Bead & Leatherwork |
| Object Name |
Mask |
| Culture |
|
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Alaska |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Utqiagvik (Barrow) |
| Maker's Name |
Ruth Nukapyak |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1972 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Caribou hide; Wolf fur; Seal skin; Vegetal dye |
| Description |
Mask of child; Made from a segment of caribou hide; Wet caribou skin is applied to wooden face mold to create a mask of a child’s face; Black fibers have been sewn on as eyebrows; Entire outer edge of mask is covered in wolf fur, as if the person were wearing a fur trimmed parka hood. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = ca. 18.2, Width = ca. 17.7, Length = 4.0 |