Currently not on view
Portrait mask with x'eint'áax'aa (labret),
ca. 1840–60
Lingít
PU 3926
Information
Title
Portrait mask with x'eint'áax'aa (labret)
Dates
ca. 1840–60
Medium
Wood, animal fur, hair, and red and black pigment
Dimensions
h. 22.5 cm., w. 17.5 cm., d. 10.1 cm. (8 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 4 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 3926
Place Collected
North America
Marks/Labels/Seals
Written in ink on verso [Elizabeth Marsh Museum number]: 22/82 and Princeton 3926
Culture
Techniques
Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Possibly given to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1879-1882; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882
- Donald Baird, "Tlingit Treasure: How an Important Collection Came to Princeton," Princeton Alumni Weekly, vol. 65, no. 17 (Feb. 16, 1965a): 6-11., p. 6, 7 (illus.), 8-11, 17
- Wilson Duff, with contributions by Bill Holm and Bill Reid. Arts of the Raven: Masterworks by the Northwest Coast Indian. An Exhibition in Honour of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Canadian Confederation (Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1967)., cat. no. 281
- Gillett G. Griffin. Art of the Northwest Coast (Princeton University Art Museum, 1969)., cat. no. 108, p. 44 (illus.); cover
- Susan Bloom, Masked rituals, (New York, The Queens Museum, 1977)., cat. no. 42, p. 25 (illus.)
- Patricia Garrett, ed. The Guardians: The Native American Artists (Summit, NJ: Summit Art Center, 1980)., cat. no. 106, p. 14; p. 2 (illus.)
- Helen H. Marr, Voices of the Ancestors: Music in the Life of the Northwest Coast Indians (Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum, 1986)., p. 22
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Allen Wardwell.
Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and Its Art (New York, 1996)., cat. no. 8, illus., back cover, p. 11
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Arts of the Raven: Masterworks by the Northwest Coast Indian (June 15 - September 24, 1967)
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Art of the Northwest Coast (January 22 - March 2, 1969)
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Masked Rituals (Saturday, August 27, 1977 - Sunday, November 13, 1977)
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The Guardians: The Native American Artists (September 28 - November 9, 1980)
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Voices of the Ancestors: Music in the Life of the Northwest Coast Indians (1986)
