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Mythical being mask
Object Number 14-27-10/85877
Display Title Mythical being mask
Descriptions
Object Description Mythical being mask. Representing a mythical being found in the woods called today a monkey.
Inventory Description Carved wood ape-like mask, painted black and red
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1914 or earlier
Culture
  • Nishga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Red cedar, Graphite, Salmon roe pigment, Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 21.5 x 20.5 cm (5 11/16 x 8 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85877 & 39
Credit Line Museum Purchase, H.F. Wolcott and Augustus Hemenway Funds, 1914
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (about 1900)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (10/01/1914)

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