About the Artwork
Mask
late 19th century
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Native American
Eskimo
Wood and pigment
Overall: 8 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (20.6 × 14 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Andy Nasser
1983.64
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed on interior, proper left: ex-Museum of American Indian, Heye Foundation number: 9/7336
Provenance
1920, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Purchase, 9/7336 (New York, New York, USA);1944, exchanged with (Julius Carlebach, New York, New York, USA).
Andre Nasser (New York, New York, USA);
1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Eskimo, Native American, Mask, late 19th century, wood and pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Andy Nasser, 1983.64.
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