Bear Mask

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Object Details

Culture/People

Mad River Wiyot

Artist/Maker

Rick Bartow, Mad River Wiyot, 1946-2016

Previous owner

Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002

Donor

Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002

Collection History

Formerly in the collection of Priscilla (Pam) M. King (1926-2002, owner of the Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia); donated to NMAI by Pam King in 1998.

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Date created

1990

Catalog Number

25/4798

Barcode

254798.000

Object Type

Masks and Masking

Title

Bear Mask

Object Name

Mask

Media/Materials

Wood, paint, metal, horsehair, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, shell/shells, animal bone, raffia

Techniques

Carved, painted, strung

Dimensions

37 x 46 x 22 cm

Place

Oregon; USA (inferred)

See related items

Mad River Wiyot

Masks and Masking

On View

NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6483e52a3-1fb5-4059-82e2-deedaa8ec555

Record ID

NMAI_270348