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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceDr. Israel Wood Powell, collected between 1890-94; American Museum of Natural History (16/593), New York; cat. no. 16/593, deacessioned in 1898 to the Dresden Museum, (Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde), Germany; George Terasaki, New York, City
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.323.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, somogy edition d'Art, 1999, p. 115, fig. 90.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 145.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 341.
Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Mask
Date1850-1870
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/8 × 10 1/4 × 7 in. (31.4 × 26 × 17.8 cm)
Object numberT0160
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIn dramatic dance performances Dzunukwa is a powerful ancient woman who can bring wealth, but also steals and eats children. Often, as here, she is represented with a heavy brow, arched nose, sunken eyes and pursed lips. Her fearsome reputation is used to induce good behavior in children. She is also associated with important origin myths.Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceDr. Israel Wood Powell, collected between 1890-94; American Museum of Natural History (16/593), New York; cat. no. 16/593, deacessioned in 1898 to the Dresden Museum, (Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde), Germany; George Terasaki, New York, City
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.323.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, somogy edition d'Art, 1999, p. 115, fig. 90.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 145.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 341.
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