Kumugwe mask
1900–1920
Object PlaceBritish Columbia, Canada
Medium/TechniqueWood, green pigment
DimensionsLegacy: 11 in.
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.136
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWood Carvings / Turnings
Collections
Provenance1937, acquired in London, possibly from William Oldman (b. 1879 - d. 1949) by George Gustav Heye (b. 1874 – d. 1957) and donated to the National Museum of the American Indian, New York (accession no. 19/6184); 1944, deaccesssioned by the National Museum of the American Indian and traded with Julius Carlebach (dealer), New York. 1974, with a Mr. Dannenberg [see note]. September 28, 1976, sold by Bernheimers’ Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: A letter of April 18, 1974 from Frederick J. Dockstader to Mr. Danneberg discusses the mask and other objects, presumably from Danneberg's collection.
NOTE: A letter of April 18, 1974 from Frederick J. Dockstader to Mr. Danneberg discusses the mask and other objects, presumably from Danneberg's collection.
about 1880s
18th century
about 1880–90
about 1700
about 1704
