About the Artwork
Mask
20th century
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Native american
Eskimo
Wood
5 5/8 × 3 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (14.3 × 9.8 × 4.4 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Bequest of John S. Newberry
65.254
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
1914, Museum of the American Indian / Heye Foundation (New York, New York, USA)
1945, exchanged with (Julius Carlebach, New York, New York, USA). John S. Newberry, Jr. (Romeo, Michigan, USA)
1965-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Eskimo, Native American, Mask, 20th century, Wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of John S. Newberry, 65.254.
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