МАЭ № 571-10

Hoop of mask depicting a man in love

Kodiak Eskimos

1843

I.G. Voznesenskii's expedition

wood, sinew, paint, feather, bald eagle feather, cloth, baleen

height with feathers 52 cm, width with feathers 85 cm, height without feathers 23 cm, width without feathers 18 cm

The mask and its hoop were used in the sixth and final act of the aforementioned ritual. At the time of the ceremony they used rattles No. 571—21/a, --21/b, --22, --24a, and –24/b and drums No. 571—23, --252, --25/b, --26/a, and –26/b as musical instruments.

Ethnography of America