Mask Item Number: E23439-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "... NO. 23439 - NOOTKA MASK - ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1895; FIG. 198; P. 635. NEG. NO. ... 86-11790." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEADDRESS.---BOX-SHAPED; MADE OF LIGHT WOOD, THE SIDES BEING CARVED AND PAINTED TO REPRESENT PROFILE OF HORSE'S HEAD JOINED AT NOSE AND WIDELY SEPARATED BEHIND. THE HOLE FOR TOP OF HEAD IS WELL BACK AND UNDERNEATH. WORN BY MAKAH INDIANS OF NEAH BAY IN THEIR DANCES. LENGTH, 22 INS. WIDTH, 11 INS. WASHINGTON TERRITORY, 1876. 23,439. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- E23439-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Makah ? or Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) ?
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 005260