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New Caledonia mask

20th century
Object PlaceNew Caledonia
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsOverall: 30 x 23.5 x 12 cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.150
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMasks
ProvenanceJosef Müller (b. 1887 – d. 1977), Solothurn, Switzerland; March 20, 1979, posthumous Müller sale, Christie’s, New York, lot 247. June 22, 1981, anonymous (“various properties”) sale, Christie’s, London, lot 42. May 13, 1983, sold by the Galerie Christine Schoffel, Paris, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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