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Avery Jimmerson

Female Mask (Gajesa)

Notowa'ka (Seneca), Mid-20th century

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Avery Jimmerson

Female Mask (Gajesa)

Notowa'ka (Seneca), Mid-20th century

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
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.

Artist/Maker

Avery Jimmerson

Notowa'ka (Seneca), 1914-1986

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