Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1961 by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer); given or sold to Malcolm Delacorte (a conservator and collector in New York); donated to MAI by Malcolm Delacorte in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Ocaina
- Collector
- Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
- Previous owner
- Malcolm Delacorte (Malcolm Gibson Delacorte), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Malcolm Delacorte (Malcolm Gibson Delacorte), Non-Indian
- Date created
- 1955-1960
- Object Name
- Mask
- Media/Materials
- Balsa wood, vegetal fiber, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, tied
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
