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Dance or trade mask
Tunumiit (East Greenlandic Inuit)
about 1930–40
Object Place: Ammassalik, East Greenland
Medium/Technique
Wood (probably drfitwood), pigment, lampblack, cotton cordage
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Governor Carlton Skinner and Solange Skinner
Accession Number2002.786
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMasks
DescriptionSmall, round face mask with contorted features: nose twists to one side, with mouth almost entirely at that side. Dark patina.
Provenance1941, 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)