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Finger Mask
Yup'ik
Alaska
Alaska
late 19th century
wood, red, white and blue paint, feathers
width: (including feathers) 22"
Inventory # E4451
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PROVENANCE
Property from the Estate of Lois Ehlert, Milwaukee, WI
RELATED EXAMPLES
Sheldon Jackson Museum, Cat. No. II.B32 – See: Fienup-Riordan, Ann. The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, pg. 157 for a pair of finger masks collected by Sheldon Jackson at Andreafsky in 1893
Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, T229a,b - See: Coe, Ralph T., Brydon, Sherry, Vincent, Gilbert T. (eds.) Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000, pg. 433