Currently not on view
Forehead mask in the form of a 'wéix (sculpin),
ca. 1830–50
Lingít
PU 3925
Information
Title
Forehead mask in the form of a 'wéix (sculpin)
Dates
ca. 1830–50
Medium
Wood, opercula, iron, and red, black, and blue-green pigment
Dimensions
h. 9.1 cm., l. 25.1 cm., w. 23.0 cm. (3 9/16 x 9 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 3925
Place Collected
North America
Culture
Techniques
Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1885
- Allen Wardwell, Yakutat South: Indian Art of the Northwest Coast (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1964)., cat. no. 164, p. 67 (illus.)
- Gillett G. Griffin. Art of the Northwest Coast (Princeton University Art Museum, 1969)., cat. no 57, p. 38
- Patricia Garrett, ed. The Guardians: The Native American Artists (Summit, NJ: Summit Art Center, 1980)., cat. no. 82, p. 12 (illus.), 29
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Allen Wardwell.
Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and Its Art (New York, 1996)., cat. no. 63, p. 89. (illus.)
