Puffin Man, Alutiiq Superhero
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
- Artist/Maker
- Jerry Laktonen, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), b. 1951; woven cape by Loa Bilham'neex Ryan (Loa J. Ryan), Tsimshian (Ts’msyen) [Metlakatla], b. 1939
- Seller
- Jerry Laktonen, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), b. 1951
- Presenter/funding source
- R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007
- Title
- Puffin Man, Alutiiq Superhero
- Object Name
- Mask
- Media/Materials
- Yellow cedar, cedar bark (red cedar), horsehair, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers, dentalium shell/shells, abalone/haliotis shell
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, inlaid, twined, strung
- Dimensions
- 156 x 126.5 x 15.5 cm
- Object Type
- Works of Art (Other)
- Place
- Granite Falls; Snohomish County; Washington; USA
- Date created
- June 2005
- Collection History
- NMAI purchase from the artist in 2005 using funds donated by R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007).
- Catalog Number
- 26/4406
- Barcode
- 264406.000
- See related items
- Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
- Works of Art (Other)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement