The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seal Mask

Date:: late 19th century
Geography:: United States, Alaska
Culture:: Yup'ik
Medium:: Wood, pigment
Dimensions:: H. 19 x W. 8 3/4 in. (48.3 x 22.2 cm)
Classification:: Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:: Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011
Accession Number:: 2011.154.156

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Collected in late 19th century by Bishop Farhout, MacKenzie River area; by descent, his family, Paris, until after 1945; [John J. Klejman, New York, after 1945–until ca. 1960]; Ralph T. Coe, Santa Fe, NM, ca. 1960–(d.) 2010; Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2010–2011
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