Shaman's mask (Image withheld)
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Object Details
- Culture/People
- Yup'ik (Yupik)
- Collector
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Previous owner
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Seller
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collected by Bethel, Alaska, trader Adams Hollis Twitchell (1872-1949), probably between 1905 and 1916; purchased by MAI from A. H. Twitchell in 1919 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Date created
- circa 1905
- Catalog Number
- 9/3419
- Barcode
- 093419.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Shaman's mask (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, feather/feathers, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 41.9 x 41.00 x 51.00 cm
- Place
- Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation, Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Yup'ik (Yupik)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: 4th Floor Corridor, West Corridor
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_100602
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6becad6f6-b4b0-4310-aa52-cf2a21e24e7f
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