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Photo: Paul Macapia
Niijaang.u (portrait mask)
Photo: Paul Macapia

Niijaang.u (portrait mask)

Dateca. 1840
Object number91.1.38
ProvenanceMicheal R. Johnson, Seattle, Washington, until 1971; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1971-1991; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Collects Northwest Coast Native Art, February 12, - May 17, 2015 London, England, Kansas City, Missouri, Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art, 1976-77Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 104 Coe, Ralph T., Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1977, no. 273, p. 137, illus.
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions10 x 7 1/2 x 4 in. (25.4 x 19.05 x 10.16 cm)
MediumRed cedar, copper, leather, paint, nails, human hair, seal skin
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Object number: 91.1.34
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ca. 1920
Object number: 96.97
Mask of Bagwis
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ca. 1910
Object number: 83.225
Photo: Paul Macapia
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ca. 1940
Object number: 91.1.7
Photo: Paul Macapia
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ca. 1880
Object number: 91.1.22
Photo: Paul Macapia
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ca. 1830
Object number: 91.1.27
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Object number: 81.17.1377
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Object number: 81.17.1378
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Object number: 81.17.518