Wooden mask with articulated jaw

Made:
1871-1900 in Alaska
Wooden mask with articulated jaw

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Wooden mask with articulated jaw, decorated with feathers, Inuit peoples (originally described as 'Eskimo'), Alaska, 1871-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A650925
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
length 238 mm
width 124 mm
thickness 34 mm
type:
mask

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