Art Survey No. 969: [Iroquois False Face Society Entering the Dance Lodge] / LR "De Cost Smith", 1909
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 969
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.
Dates
- 1909
Biographical sketch
Born in: Skaneateles, NY;Died in: Amenia, NY.
Extent
1 watercolor. (1 watercolor : Gouache ;, 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)
Language of Materials
English
Publications About Described Materials
Wissler, Clark. "The Lore of the Demon Mask" Natural History. Volume 27, no. 3, July-August 1928.
Publication Date
1909.
General Note
Iroquois Indian ceremony - used in early Eastern Woodlands Exhibit.
General Note
Support: Paper.
General Note
Group of men wearing masks entering through a door into a house.
General Note
Inscription: Reverse "#2".
General Note
Condition: Fair, acid matting (3).
General Note
Frame: Painted wood, glazed, matted, 19 5/8 x 25 1/2.
General Note
http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1000968
Creator
- From the Collection: Sweimler, Joel D. (Compiler, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
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New York NY 10024 USA
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American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
