Mask of a Old Woman (Tourist Trade)
Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast
early 20th century
Cedar wood and pigment
Overall: 11 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (28.2 × 18.7 × 11.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
54.30.13188
Geography
Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Course History
COCO 26, What's In Your Toolbox?, Moktar Bouba and Tania Convertini, Fall 2021
Exhibition History
Face to Face: The Power and Play of Masks, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, May 19-October 31, 2001.
Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 6, 2006-February 11, 2007.
People of Potlatch, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 10, 1987-October 25, 1988.
Provenance
Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967) [dealer], Los Angeles, California; sold to present collection, 1954.
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