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Burial mask
Object Number 2008.20.60
Display Title Burial mask
Descriptions
Object Description Whalebone burial mask
Inventory Description Mask, carved bone, face, relief, incised eyes, open mouth, flat base
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1920
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Whalebone, Ivory, Baleen
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 12.6 x 5 cm (10 5/8 x 4 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2008.20.60
Credit Line Gift of Anne Hiatt
Provenance
Collector Anne Hiatt (11/5/88)
Dealer Inuit Images (11/5/88)
Donor Arnold Hiatt (12/30/08)
Seller Victoria Prescott

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