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Mask

Object Details

Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Zelma Wynn (Chickahominy) of the Virginia Native American Program (Providence Forge, Virginia) in 1980; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Mattaponi
Artist/Maker
Christine Custalow (Rippling Water), Mattaponi, b. 1938
IACB source
Virginia Native American Program
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Zelma Wynn (Deer in Water/Zelma Cannada), Chickahominy, b. 1947
Date created
1980
Object Name
Mask
Media/Materials
Pottery, feather/feathers, shell/shells, commercially tanned leather
Techniques
Modeled, glued
Dimensions
6.5 x 13.0 x 21.3 cm
Object Type
Works of Art (Other)
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