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Object Number
50-49-10/32698
Display Title
Painted caribou skin fringed mask (either clown or puberty veil)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Leather face mask, square, holes for eyes, red linear design, fringed bottom.
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1832
Culture
- Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
/
Labrador
Materials
Leather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 21.2 x 18 x 0.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50-49-10/32698
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Frank Gouldsmith Speck
Seller
Mrs. Frank G. Speck
(10/10/1950)
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