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Object Number:84-9-4
Current Location: Native American Voices
Currently On Display
Culture:Delaware Culture
Lenape
Provenience: United States of America
Culture Area: Northeast Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Glass
Pigment
Length: 7.8 cm
Width: 6 cm
Thickness: 2.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from and gift of Fred Boschan, 1984

Description

Wood minature mask with glass bead and red pigment. Oval face with raised T-shaped eyebrows and nose and raised frowning mouth. One eye set with clear glass bead other bead missing. Red pigment rubbed into face of mask. Two holes for suspension pierced in back.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

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