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Tunghak Mask [Object of the Day #71]
Tunghak Mask This Tunghak Mask is a dance mask used to call upon pagan spirits and hosts. The design of the object is meant to be representational of visions that evoke the “other world”. The mask is...
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Iñupiaq Pipe
Searching for Stories: Patiently Listening to an Iñupiaq Pipe Object Analysis and Report for Anthropology of Museums by Sarah Parkinson As a student intern in the American Section of the Penn Museum,...
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Iñupiaq Smoking and Siberian Reindeer
“Eskimo Tobacco Pipe” from Alaska collected by Captain David Henry Jarvis, and donated to the Penn Museum by Mary E. Jarvis. Photo courtesy of the Penn Museum. Museum Object Number: 39-10-1. This...
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Arctic Dance House Model
Kuskokwim Dance House Object Analysis and Report for Anthropology of Museums by Michele Belluomini This Inuit (Eskimo) Model Dance House (object #NA1522) in the Penn Museum’s Arctic collections drew my...
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Inuit Kamik from Greenland
Fashion: Fur, Flowers, and Flannel Object Analysis and Report for Anthropology of Museums by Elizabeth Peng Elizabeth Peng examines Eskimo (Inuit) women’s boots from Greenland, in the Penn Museum...
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Ladies in Fur, Traveling through Time
Inuit (Eskimo) doll from Arsuk, Greenland. Photo by Margaret Bruchac with permission of the Penn Museum. Museum Object Number: 37-14-7. The Penn Museum holds a variety of dolls from Arctic environs,...
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Greenland Inuit Doll
The Lady in Furs Object Analysis and Report for Anthropology of Museums by Monica Fenton Inuit (Eskimo) doll from Arsuk, Greenland. Photo by Margaret Bruchac with permission of the Penn Museum. Museum...
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Eskimo Soccer
In conjunction with the 2015 Copa America, and especially the 2015 Women’s World Cup, the Penn Museum offers this photograph to the soccer world. Last year, I found this photo of soccer amongst the...
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Baffin Island Inuit Doll: Dressed to Care
Object Analysis by Anastasia Hutnick This Inuit doll and her parka, Objects NA2549 and NA2550, respectively, were acquired by the Museum in 1914 from collector Henry F. Ford. Ford also donated 59...
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