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Object Number
2011.16.29
Display Title
Tiny mask on a stand
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory mask, white feather on top, perforated eyes, set into ivory stick, on bone base
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Robert Kokuluk
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
North America / United States / Alaska / King Island
North America / United States / Alaska / King Island
Materials
Walrus ivory Whalebone Ink Duck feather
Dimensions
Overall: 5.1 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm (2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.16.29
Credit Line
Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Dealer
Long Ago & Far Away
Collector
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
Collector
Barbara Lurie
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
(6/27/2011)
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