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Record 160/826
Copyright New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY
Object ID T0159a-b
Object Name Masks
Description Pair of Lightning Serpent Masks; Medium/Materials: Yellow cedar, spruce, fir, paint, red cedar bark, wire, tin can, string, cut nails, cotton fabric; Marks: On reverse, fragment of label original to tin can: "...LLY.TAK-/.AN FROM/THE KEY./... LABEL/PACKING &/LTD:";
Early Date 1860
Late Date 1880
Medium cotton fabric
Place of Origin Tla'oquiaht, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (poss), BC, Canada
People Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)/
Provenance (1) Jerrie and Anne Vander Houwen. Yakima, Washington.; (2) Shaw Gallery. Aspen, Colorado.; (3) Eugene V. Thaw - March 10, 1993.;
Used Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
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Last modified on: March 02, 2006