Mask, Ritual

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Mask, Ritual

Entry/Object ID

143/5423

Description

MAN'S FACE/PAINTED/BLACK/WHITE/RED NOTE FROM INDEX: THIS MASK IS WORN BY THE ESKIMO AT PT. BARROW, ALASKA. THE NATIVES MADE PAINT, WHITE OUT OF GROUND CLAM SHELLS AND SEAL FAT?, THE RED LIPS MADE OF STAIN FROM ALDER BARK/RARE FIND

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Location

Point Barrow

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Inupiat
Native American

Notes

Catalogued under Copper Eskimo in index and as a handwritten note on back of mask.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mask, Ritual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Parts

Count

1

Material

Wood

Condition

Overall Condition

Good