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ProvenanceChester Dentan, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.431.
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. 484.
Possibly
Central Yup'ik or Inupiat
Mask
Datec. 1850
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 12 × 2 in. (45.7 × 30.5 × 5.1 cm)
Object numberT0609
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextCertain patterns of numbers are important in Central Yup’ik cosmology. The three swan feathers at the top of this mask relate to such a sequence. The number four and seven are also repeatedly featured in the display of feathers and tufts of hair that detail both masks and finger masks.ProvenanceChester Dentan, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.431.
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. 484.
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