Title
WOLF MASK
Datemid 19TH Century
Mediumwood, pigment
Dimensions9 3/4 × 6 × 4 1/2 in. (24.8 × 15.2 × 11.4 cm)
Object number00.200.384
DescriptionBERING SEA , PROBABLY ST. MICHAEL AREA. THIS MASK CONFORMS IN ART STYLE CLOSELY WITH OTHER EXAMPLES FROM ST. MICHAEL AND THE SURROUNDING BERING SEA REGION. THE CONTINUING PLANE FROM BROW TO NOSE BRIDGE, AND THE ELEGANT CONTOURS ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE GENERAL AESTHETIC OF THE MASKS FROM THE BERING STRAIT AREA.. THE ELONGATED FACE, THE SLOPING MUZZLE AND THE CRESCENT-SHAPED EYES ALL COMBINE TO GIVE THE EFFECT OF SLY, GRACE, WHICH CONTRASTS MARKEDLY WITH THE BARRED TEETH AND FANS, INLAID IN THE OPEN MOUTH WITH SEPARATE PIECES OF WOOD.ProvenanceIn Dodge catalog notes: Jarvis Collection, 1893. Seward Penninsula.On View
Not on view
late 19th Century
mid 19TH Century
1725-1960
late 19TH Century
Circa 1899
