Mask
Year
Pacific Northwest coast, 18th century or earlier
Medium
Wood (white spruce), pigment, hair
Dimensions
26.7 x 19.7 cm
10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Enquire
Provenance
Collected by F.M. Covert in 1894
Ex Heye Foundation, 1906, no. 1/249
Ex collection Morton Mey, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968
Ex Ed Merrin Gallery, New York
Ex collection George Terasaki, New York, acquired in the early 1970s
Ex private collection, New York, 2010-2025
Ex Heye Foundation, 1906, no. 1/249
Ex collection Morton Mey, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968
Ex Ed Merrin Gallery, New York
Ex collection George Terasaki, New York, acquired in the early 1970s
Ex private collection, New York, 2010-2025
Literature
Maurer, Evan M. The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977, p. 282, fig. 422
Black, Martha. Out of the Mist: Treasures of the Nuu-chah-nulth Chiefs. Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 1999, p. 90
Brown, Stephen C. Transfigurations: North Pacific Coast Art, George Terasaki, Collector. Seattle: Marquand Books, 2006, fig. 31
Exhibitions / Fairs
The Native American Heritage, A Survey of North American Indian Art. The Art Institute of Chicago, 16 July - 30 October 1977
Out of the Mist. Royal British Columbia Museum, 1999
Loan (Exhibited) #L.2015.31.11. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 2015 - October 2017
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