Mask

Object Number: | 70-9-200 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Seneca Iroquois |
Provenience: | United States of America New York Cattaraugus County Allegheny Reservation |
Culture Area: | Northeast Culture Area |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Wood Pigment |
Height: | 4.1 cm |
Width: | 2 cm |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Description
False Face. Miniature wood "beggar mask" type, used by doctor in dreamin-guessing rite to cure patient suffering from disease caused by spirits. (catalogue card)
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