Funerary mask (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]
- Previous owner
- Joseph Chilberg, Non-Indian, 1850-1939
- Seller
- Joseph Chilberg, Non-Indian, 1850-1939
- 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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- Place
- Cape Prince of Wales; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 7/2330
- Barcode
- 072330.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Funerary mask (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_77488