Unknown North American
Wolf Spirit Mask

CultureYup'ik People
Titles
  • Wolf Spirit Mask
  • Mask of a Wolf Spirit
Date1850–1875
PlaceKuskokwim River, Alaska, United States
MediumWood, paint, and rawhide
Dimensions13 3/4 × 10 × 2 1/4 in. (34.9 × 25.4 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number79.9
Not on view

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ProvenancePurchased by Dr. James Marshall, 1922; purchased by [Larry Frank, Arroyo Hondo, NM, by 1979]; purchased by MFAH, 1979.
Exhibition History"Looking at Sculpture," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15 - Dec. 29, 1991.

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