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Object Number
985-27-10/59204
Display Title
Navajo yei bi chai mask. Made from pieces of buckskin. Top of mask painted blue
Descriptions
Object Description
Navajo yei bi chai mask. Made from pieces of buckskin. Top of mask painted blue and remnants of blue around nose. Nose missing, but fur ruff remains. Hair of dyed red horsehair. Black symbols painted on sides of face. Strips of buckskin hang down over neck, cloth and fiber tied to one. 47x35 cm.
Inventory Description
Mask, leather, red horsehair, fur- ringed perforated mouth, pigmented, slit neck
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1985
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Canyon de Chelly
Dimensions
Overall: 45 x 43 x 1.2 cm (17 11/16 x 16 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59204 & 59204
Provenance
Owner
Medicine Man
(1923)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1923 - 1985)
Dealer
Leon H. McSparron
(1923 - 1923)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1923 - 1985)
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