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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian; Haida or Tlingit
Title:Mask
Type:Sculpture
Materials:Wood and paint
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:Overall: 2 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 4.7625 cm x 3.4925 cm
Accession Number:  MH 6.F.M
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Missionary Cabinet. Small carved wooden American Indian grotesque mask. Native wood carving painted red and blue. Carved out and concave in back, with flat top.

Tags:
Native American; indigenous people

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