About the Artwork
Hand Mask
19th century
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Native american
Haida
Cedar and paint
Overall: 7 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 2 7/8 inches (18.7 × 11.7 × 7.3 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Frederick Stearns
72.479
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
between 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907
Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Kan, M. and Wm Wierzbowski. American Indian Art Magazine 4 (1979): fig. 4, p. 58 (ill.).
Wardwell, Allen. Yakutat South Indian Art of the Northwest Coast. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1964, no. 44 (identified as B2259).
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Haida, Native American, Hand Mask, 19th century, cedar and paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 72.479.
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