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Object Number 2004.24.32160A
Display Title Transformation mask
Descriptions
Object Description Transformation mask, Kwakwaka’wakw
Keywords
  • Mask and Headdress
Subject
  • Mask
Department Photographic
Date 1989
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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