Mask
Mask

Currently not on view

Mask,

before 1885

Lingít
PU 3948

Information

Title
Mask
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Wood with red and black pigment
Dimensions
h. 18.3 cm., w. 14.5 cm., d. 8.0 cm. (7 3/16 x 5 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 3948
Place Collected

North America, Sheet'ká Ḵwáan (Sitka)

Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in graphite inside mask: Sisk Jack Danter [?] 3948 in black en verso
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
sculpture, masks (costume), ceremonial objects
Materials
wood, pigment
Techniques
carving
Subject
faces

Probably collected by John G. Brady on behalf of Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1878; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1885

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