Large Kwakiutl mask, NMAI, circa 1920
Large Kwakiutl mask, NMAI, circa 1920
Photographer: Unknown, Non-Indian
Subject: Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI), 1916-1989
Date Created: circa 1920
Catalog Number: N03308
Format: Acetate negative
Dimensions: 5 x 7 in.
Collection History: Presumably commissioned by George Heye to document the early work of the Museum of the American Indian.
Description: Unidentified boy holding large mask (NMAI catalog number 040396.000), photographed at the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation
Place: Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation, 155th Street and Broadway; New York City, Manhattan; New York County; New York; USA
Site Name: Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation, 155th Street and Broadway
Island Name: Manhattan Island
Culture/People: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl),Non-Indian
Culture Hierarchy: Central Northwest Coast>Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Persistent URL:http://www.americanindian.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?irn=363206
Repository:National Museum of the American Indian
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