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ProvenanceAdolph Sutro, San Francisco, California, 1880s; Ralph C. Altman, Los Angeles; Taylor Museum (3975), Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1951
BibliographyAltman, Ralph C. Northwest Coast Indian Art. Los Angeles: Altman Antiques, ca. 1950, n.p., fig. 6.
Gunther, Erna. Indians of the Northwest Coast. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, n.p.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.391.
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. 426.
Melonie Ancheta, "Revealing Blue on the Northern Northwest Coast," in American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43 no. 1 (January 2020), p. 17, fig. 15, inset A.
Culture
Tlingit
Mask
Date1850-1870
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (26 × 16.5 cm)
Object numberT0216
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThe shaman portrayed in this mask is entering a trance. His eyes roll back, and his tongue protrudes. This shaman also wears a bear claw headdress that was sometimes used to call spirit helpers for healing rituals.ProvenanceAdolph Sutro, San Francisco, California, 1880s; Ralph C. Altman, Los Angeles; Taylor Museum (3975), Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1951
BibliographyAltman, Ralph C. Northwest Coast Indian Art. Los Angeles: Altman Antiques, ca. 1950, n.p., fig. 6.
Gunther, Erna. Indians of the Northwest Coast. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, n.p.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.391.
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. 426.
Melonie Ancheta, "Revealing Blue on the Northern Northwest Coast," in American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43 no. 1 (January 2020), p. 17, fig. 15, inset A.
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