Object Details
- Culture/People
- Alutiiq (Pacific Eskimo)
- Artist/Maker
- Jerry Laktonen, Alutiiq (Pacific Eskimo), b. 1951; woven cape by Loa Bilham'neex Ryan (Loa J. Ryan), Tsimshian [Metlakatla], b. 1939
- Seller
- Jerry Laktonen, Alutiiq (Pacific Eskimo), b. 1951
- Presenter/funding source
- R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007
- Collection History
- NMAI purchase from the artist in 2005 using funds donated by R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007).
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- Date created
- June 2005
- Catalog Number
- 26/4406
- Barcode
- 264406.000
- Object Type
- Works of Art (Other)
- Title
- Puffin Man, Alutiiq Superhero
- Object Name
- Mask
- Media/Materials
- Yellow cedar, cedar bark (red cedar), horsehair, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers, dentalium shell/shells, abalone/haliotis shell
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, inlaid, twined, strung
- Dimensions
- 156 x 126.5 x 15.5 cm
- Place
- Granite Falls; Snohomish County; Washington; USA
- See related items
- Alutiiq (Pacific Eskimo)
- Works of Art (Other)
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_280608
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws651af039c-af9e-4431-a2c6-f4b770b5537d
