Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Samuel H. Lindenbaum (1935-2012, a prominent New York City real estate lawyer) and Vivian S. Merrin (Mrs. Edward H. Merrin); donated to MAI by Mr. Lindenbaum and Mrs. Merrin in 1974.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Purepecha (Tarasco)
- Previous owner
- Samuel Harvey Lindenbaum, Non-Indian, 1935-2012
- Vivian S. Merrin (Mrs. Edward H. Merrin), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Samuel Harvey Lindenbaum, Non-Indian, 1935-2012
- Vivian S. Merrin (Mrs. Edward H. Merrin), Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Mask
- Media/Materials
- Wood, mountain goat horn, glass eyes, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Masks and Masking
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