St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Human Face with Labrets (?) at Corners of Mouth
Inuit, 501-2000
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St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Human Face with Labrets (?) at Corners of Mouth
Inuit, 501-2000
Physical Qualities
Bone, ivory, 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (8.9 × 7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1959.5
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1959; Alan Wurtzburger, Baltimore. Likely collected by Wurtzburgers in 1956 in Russia (from Pacific NW coast dealers/descendants of 19th century Russian seal hunters)
James A. Maxwell, ed., America's Fascinating Indian Heritage, Pleastantville: Reader's Digest Association, 1978.
Wm. Strutevant, ed., "Handbook of North American Indians," Vol. 5: "Arctic," (D. Damas, volume ed.), Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1984, pps. 350-351.
Dorothy Jean Ray, "Eskimo Masks: Art and Ceremony," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967, pp. 6-7, 65-67, 86-91, 182-184.
Wm. Strutevant, ed., "Handbook of North American Indians," Vol. 5: "Arctic," (D. Damas, volume ed.), Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1984, pps. 350-351.
Dorothy Jean Ray, "Eskimo Masks: Art and Ceremony," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967, pp. 6-7, 65-67, 86-91, 182-184.
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