About the Artwork
Mask of Man Spirit
early 1940s
Joe Seaweed
Native American
Native american
Kwakiuti
Wood, cedar bark, paint
Overall: 11 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (30.2 × 21 × 14 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund
63.65
© Courtesy of Henry Seaweed
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Provenance
Dorothy Cadwalder (Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)
(Canadian Cabin Crafts, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
1963-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Smoky-Top, the Art and Times of Willie Seaweed. Exh. cat., Pacific Science Center. Seattle, 1983, no. 81 (ill.).
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© Courtesy of Henry Seaweed
Joe Seaweed, Mask of Man Spirit, early 1940s, wood, cedar bark, paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Director's Discretionary Fund, 63.65.
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