Culture/People:

Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]  Search this

Previous owner:

Joseph Chilberg, Non-Indian, 1850-1939  Search this

Seller:

Joseph Chilberg, Non-Indian, 1850-1939  Search this

Object Name:

Funerary mask (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Wood

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Ceremonial/Ritual items

Place:

Cape Prince of Wales; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Joseph Chilberg (1850-1939, a Native artifact dealer in Nome, Alaska) in 1917.

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Catalog Number:

7/2331

Barcode:

072331.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]

Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b71cdbe1-e02c-478d-af56-6e34dcf62ea2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_77489