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Owl Mask
Tsimshian
Northern British Columbia
Northern British Columbia
ca. 1840-60
wood, black, red vermillion paint
height: 12"
Inventory # N4085
Sold
acquired by the Elspeth McConnell Collection, now at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC
Provenance
The surrealist Maria Martins, acquired in New York in the 1940’s
Related Examples
Brown, Steven C. Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected On Expeditions to Alaska and British Columbia 1774 – 1910. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000, pg. 151
Wardwell, Allen. Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and its Art. New York: The Monacelli Press, 1996, pg. 131
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