Tunghak Mask
NA11783
From: Alaska | Bering Sea
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA11783 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Eskimo |
Provenience | Alaska | Bering Sea |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Date Made | 19th century |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Feathers |
Iconography | birds, walrus, seal, tunghat spirit |
Description | Shield-shaped, wooden plaque dance mask with central tunghat spirit face surrounded by five holes representing pathways to spirit worlds where birds, seals, and walruses are positioned. Hide thongs serve as hair; downturned mouth with two labrets inserted at lower lip. Feathers inserted around upper sides and edge connected with string. |
Width | 71 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of James M. Wilcox, 1927 |
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