1955.74 Mask (Alaska, Eskimo (Inuit))

Alaskan Native styles: AAT: 300102451

Arctic Native American styles: AAT: 300017444

Eskimo (culture or style): AAT: 300017447

Inuit (Canadian Arctic Native style): AAT: 300017455

Arctic (general region): TGN: 7593183

Alaska (state): TGN: 7006450

wood: AAT: 300011914

paint (coating): AAT: 300015029

masks (costume): AAT: 300138758 

ritual objects: AAT: 300312158

ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117

faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798

supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947

animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395

1891: Collected by Captain Andrew James Henderson, Washington, D.C. [1], [2]

Until 1955: Mr. and Mrs. Leland F. Henderson [1], [2]

From 1955: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Leland Forrest Henderson [1], [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance was existing information in TMS (in Dallas Museum of Art Digital Collections Records Object Files). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.  

[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from Jerry Bywaters, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Mrs. Leland F. Henderson (dated September 21, 1955, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

Apply to objects where number equals 1955.74