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Tlingit

Face

Tlinglit, 1867-1899

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Tlingit

Face

Tlinglit, 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, polychrome, 1 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (4.7 × 4.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus
Object Number 1961.32
Portrait-like quality to face; red paint at nose, forehead and both cheeks (left horizontal lines, right: curvilinear lines); broad lips; black paint at eyebrows, eyes and lips; small hole at either side-back edge.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1961; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus.

Inscribed: 2 lines on 1 label: '015194' and '1296'

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