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Mask with bee top
Object Number 02-14-10/63456
Display Title Mask with bee top
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wood human face mask, with insect on top, painted, moveable limbs.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 1800s
Culture
  • Tsimshian?
  • Skagway?
  • Tlingit?
  • Kwakwaka'wakw?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, Southeast; Northwest Coast
Materials Cotton fabric , Wood , Metal , Cotton string , Leather (unidentified)
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 25.2 x 44 cm (12 x 9 15/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 02-14-10/63456; Skagway ###fected SC Leonhardt acting assistant surgeon M.H.S.
Provenance
Collector Unknown (01/01/1902)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (05/01/1902)

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