Mask (Human Face)

Iñupiaq or Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1903-1904

Spruce wood, red pigment, and leather

Overall: 9 1/16 × 4 3/4 in. (23 × 12 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lt. Col. Alfred T. Clifton, Class of 1927P

42.15.7801

Geography

Place Made: St, Michael, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Mask

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Lt. Col. Alfred Theodore Clifton (1875-1944) with the U.S. Army Signal Corps aboard the cable ship Burnside, St. Michael, Alaska, 1903-1904; given to present collection (through his son, Alfred Theodore Clifton, Jr. (1906-1996), Class of 1927), 1942.

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