A small Eskimo mask
Of ovoid form with circular eyes, a tapering nose, and an open smiling mouth with carved teeth, with black pigment accents along the upper lip, end of the nose, around the eyes, and on the eyebrows.
height 5 1/8in, width 4in
Provenance
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York, 15/4349
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1939
Sold at Sotheby's New York, December 4, 1993, sale 6510, American Indian Art, lot 206
George Everett Shaw, Aspen, CO
An American Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1993
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Of ovoid form with circular eyes, a tapering nose, and an open smiling mouth with carved teeth, with black pigment accents along the upper lip, end of the nose, around the eyes, and on the eyebrows.
height 5 1/8in, width 4in
Provenance
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York, 15/4349
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1939
Sold at Sotheby's New York, December 4, 1993, sale 6510, American Indian Art, lot 206
George Everett Shaw, Aspen, CO
An American Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1993
Sale price
Time, Location
Auction House
