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Face mask
Tunumiit (East Greenlandic Inuit)
about 1930–40
Object Place: Ammassalik, Greenland
Medium/Technique
Wood (probably driftwood) with walrus tusk and pigment
Dimensions
26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Governor Carlton Skinner and Solange Skinner
Accession Number2002.780
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMasks
DescriptionElongated face mask with rounded finial, smoothly-carved rounded features and individual ivory teeth set into mouth opening.
Provenance1943, acquired in Ammassalik, Greenland by Carlton Skinner (b. 1913 - d. 2004), Boston; 2002, year-end gift of Carlton and Solange Skinner to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 2003)