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Pubescent girl's mask. Woven of rushes and elaeagnus twine.
Pubescent girl's mask. Woven of rushes and elaeagnus twine.
Object Number 15-36-10/86568
Display Title Pubescent girl's mask. Woven of rushes and elaeagnus twine.
Descriptions
Object Description Pubescent girl's mask. Woven of rushes and elaeagnus twine.
Inventory Description Headdress, woven rush mask in cone shape, painted with fur and horns.
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Plant fiber, Pigment, Fur, Horn
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 60 x 29 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86568
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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