Maskette

Object Number:

53-1-9

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Seneca (uncertain)
Iroquois (uncertain)

Provenience:

New York (uncertain)
Allegheny Reservation (uncertain)

Culture Area:

Northeast

Section:

American

Materials:

Wood
Fur

Iconography:

Ritual Object

Description:

"Wooden maskette with commerical fur mounted as hair (probably rabbit). Black stain on face. Believed to have been identified by Dr. Frank Speck as Seneca, from Allegany Reservation" (catalogue card); handwritten note on catalogue card - used in healing ceremony

Credit Line:

Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger

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