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"A Munsee Devil God" mask

Natural History Museum

Object Details

Scope and Contents

"Me-Zeengk is the name of this God"- Information printed on plate.
sova.naa.photolot.176_ref8828

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3730d3429-5374-4882-8f85-efd259e004c0

Local Numbers

OPPS NEG.742592

Local Note

"Obliterated legend at left reads: "A Muncey Idol/ Delivered up by Jos. Nicholas on his conversion to Christianity." The mask on the right was collected by M. R. Harrington and is now in the American Museum of Natural History (see Harrington, Vestiges of Material Culture among the Candian Delawares, American Anthropologist n. s. 10 (3); 408-418; 1908--417 and Plate 26a; Religion and Ceremonies of the Lenape, Indian Notes and Monographs [volume 19], Museum of the American Indian, N. W., 1921, Plate 3b). --Information from W. C. Sturtevant
Black and white copy negative

Topic

Language and languages -- Documentation
Lenape
Delaware (Lenape)
Indians of North America -- Northeast

Culture

Delaware -- Munsee
Munsee Delaware

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Extent

1 Photograph (8x10 in)

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Type

Archival materials
Photographs

Genre/Form

Photographs
NAA.PhotoLot.176_ref8828
Large EAD
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NAA.PhotoLot.176
NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628267668517-1628267670656-4

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