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Portrait Mask
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Portrait Mask
Portrait Mask

Portrait Mask

Datec. 1899
Mediumalder, paint, leather, sinew, bird quill, metal
DimensionsOther: 22.2 × 28.2 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-679
Object numberHRC 00679
Descriptionhuman facce mask with two attached movable leather flaps on forehead, painted black. blue and red striped leather flap attached to cheek. tongue or labret slides in and out. mask is painted faded white, black, red, blue and white.
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