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)
Inscribed: Denver Art Museum catalogue number on back: Nsen-34-P. Inscription is blurred; number confirmed in correspondence with DAM.
