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Sawfish Headdress
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Sawfish Headdress

Dateearly - mid 20th century
Object number2013.25.1
ProvenanceCollection of Amyas Naegele (art dealer), New York, by approx. 1980; [SUJARO Gallery of African Art, by 2011]; purchased by Mark Groudine, Seattle, 2011
Credit LineGift of Mark Groudine and Cynthia Putnam
Dimensions11 x 12 x 75 in. (27.9 x 30.5 x 190.5 cm)
MediumWood, paint, rubber, nails, rattan
Mask
Object number: 81.17.588
Mask
Mexican
Object number: 81.17.1377
Mask
Mexican
Object number: 81.17.1378
Wolf Mask
Makah
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.21
Mask of the Crooked Beak (Galukw’amhł),
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1920
Object number: 96.97
Mask
late 19th-early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.192
Mask
Object number: 81.17.513
Four-faced helmet mask
Object number: 81.17.518
Mask
Object number: 81.17.521
Photo: Scott Leen
Object number: 2005.72
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
ca. 1880
Object number: 91.1.22