MASK

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

MASK

Entry/Object ID

143/5608

Description

FULL MASK/PAINTED/GREEN/ORANGE/COPPER EYES LABEL INSIDE MASK: WORN BY DR. SKUNNDOO, NATIVE MEDICINE MAN, WHILE PERFORMING AT BEDSIDE OF NATIVE PATIENT. DR. SKUNNDOO IS A BROTHER OF SWASTKA, FIRST GUIDE FOR FIRST WHITE MAN IN CHILCAT

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit

Native American, First Nation

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

MASK

Parts

Count

Material

Wood, Metal

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 12, 1994

Provenance

Notes

2/28/2017 PARTIAL DOCUMENTATION RLC/TT A PICTURE OF THE SKUNDOO MASK CAN BE FOUND IN A PHOTO CATALOGUE FROM N.E. CARTER, HLG LEDGER VOL. 1, p. 55C, ITEM # 22. THERE IS ALSO A MENTION OF A MASK IN AN INVOICE DATED 8/20/1913 JUST BELOW ANOTHER DOCUMENTED ARTIFACT, A WEDDING BOWL, ITEM #1 IN THE PHOTO AND IN THE INVOICE. HLG LEDGER VOL. 1, p. 52F. THIS IS CLOSE, BUT NOT PERFECT DOCUMENTATION AS THE MASK IS NOT ACURATELY DESCRIBED BY THE INVOICE, BUT VERY CLOSE IN MY OPINION. RLC 8/7/2020.