Reproduction Small Mask (Human Face)
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
about 1906
Whale bone
Overall: 5 13/16 × 5 9/16 in. (14.8 × 14.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
157.25.14025
Geography
Place Made: Point Barrow, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Course History
NAS 37, ANTH 47, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Winter 2014
NAS 37, ANTH 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Spring 2015
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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