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Face Painting

Object Details

Collection History
Collected in 1932 by Dane Coolidge (1873-1940, a naturalist and novelist who studied the Seri in the 1930s) and his wife, sociologist Mary Roberts Coolidge (1861-1945); purchased by MAI from Mary Roberts Coolidge in 1940.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Comcaac (Seri)
Artist/Maker
Buro Alazan (Buro Alisan), Comcaac (Seri)
Collector
Dane Coolidge, Non-Indian, 1973-1940
Mary Roberts Coolidge (Mary Elizabeth Roberts), Non-Indian, 1860-1945
Previous owner
Dane Coolidge, Non-Indian, 1973-1940
Mary Roberts Coolidge (Mary Elizabeth Roberts), Non-Indian, 1860-1945
Seller
Mary Roberts Coolidge (Mary Elizabeth Roberts), Non-Indian, 1860-1945
Date created
1932
Title
Face Painting
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Paper, ink
Techniques
Drawn
Dimensions
21.5 x 27.9 cm
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
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