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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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