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Object Number
88-51-10/50002
Display Title
Spirit mask with a twisted face and white dots
Descriptions
Object Description
Spirit mask with a twisted face. White dots combined with twisted features
Inventory Description
Mask, twisted face painted black/white with dots, 2 piece wood pipe? in mouth
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1885
Culture
- Inuit
- Alutiiq?
- Yupik?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Lake and Peninsula Borough
/
Ugashik
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 18 x 6.5 cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
127808; 50002
Provenance
Collector
W. J. Fisher
(1887)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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