Mask (Image withheld)
- Culture/People
- probably Haida (attributed); said to have been collected from the Chilkat Tlingit
- Previous owner
- Skandoo (Skan-doo/Skundoo), Chilkat Tlingit
- Bernard A. Whalen (B.A. Whalen), Non-Indian, 1869-1942
- Seller
- Bernard A. Whalen (B.A. Whalen), Non-Indian, 1869-1942
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been owned by Skandoo (Skan-doo/Skundoo, Chilkat Tlingit); purchased by George Heye in 1904 from Bernard A. Whalen (1869-1942), who dealt in "Alaskan Indian Curios" and operated Whalen's Curio Store in Los Angeles, California.
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- Place
- Haida Gwaii(Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
- See related items
- Haida
- Chilkat Tlingit
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1121
- Barcode
- 001121.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Mask (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_933