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Dance or trade mask

Dance or trade mask

about 1930–40
Object PlaceAmmassalik, East Greenland
Medium/TechniqueWood (probably drfitwood), pigment, lampblack, cotton cordage
DimensionsOverall: 18.7 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Governor Carlton Skinner and Solange Skinner
Accession number2002.786
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ClassificationsMasks
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Provenance1941, acquired in Ammassalik, Greenland by Carlton Skinner (b. 1913 - d. 2004), Boston; 2002, year-end gift of Carlton and Solange Skinner to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 2003)