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Restored by (b. 1955, Central Yup'ik)

Mask

Datec. 1890
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/2 × 19 × 2 1/4 in. (52.1 × 48.3 × 5.7 cm)
Object numberT0603
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextWindmaker masks have distinctive round mouths with feathered tufts passing through the opening. The feathered tufts are called wind plumes and they illustrate the breath of the spirit. The Thaw mask did not have any indication of feather attachment. McIntyre, however, discovered a hole on each side of the mouth with minute traces of caribou fur. Consequently, two fine sprays of caribou fur were pegged into place.
ProvenanceGeorge 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.439.

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. 486.
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