Avery Jimmerson
Female Mask (Gajesa)
Notowa'ka (Seneca), 1933-1966
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Avery Jimmerson
Female Mask (Gajesa)
Notowa'ka (Seneca), 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Corn husk, rawhide, fiber, 11 in. (28 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Irene Gulck and Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow, by exchange with the Denver Art Museum
Object Number
1953.4.8
Twisted and braided cornhusks form the face with holes for eyes and the mouth and a nose formed by a husk. Face surrounded by shredded husk fringe. Pouch on reverse.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by exchange, 1953; Denver Art Museum by purchase; F.G. Speck; Speck may have obtained the mask from artist (per D.A.M. 4/25/94)
cf. Evan M. Maurer, The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art, Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977, p. 107, #93.
James A. Maxwell, ed., "America's Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, 1978.
F. H. Douglas and R. D'Harnoncourt, "Indian Art of the United States," New York: Musuem of Modern Art, 1941, p. 153.
F. Dockstader, "Indian Art of the Americas," New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1973.
F. Dockstader, "Indian Art in America: the arts and crafts of the North American Indian," Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1961.
William Fenton, "The False Faces of the Iroquois," Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, pp. 159, 257-59, 407.
Sturtevant C. William, "Handbook of North American Indians," Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 1978, p. 309.
James A. Maxwell, ed., "America's Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, 1978.
F. H. Douglas and R. D'Harnoncourt, "Indian Art of the United States," New York: Musuem of Modern Art, 1941, p. 153.
F. Dockstader, "Indian Art of the Americas," New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1973.
F. Dockstader, "Indian Art in America: the arts and crafts of the North American Indian," Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1961.
William Fenton, "The False Faces of the Iroquois," Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, pp. 159, 257-59, 407.
Sturtevant C. William, "Handbook of North American Indians," Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 1978, p. 309.
Inscribed: Denver Art Museum catalogue number on back: Nsen-34-P. Inscription is blurred; number confirmed in correspondence with DAM.
