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Winter Water Mask


Rick Bartow, Winter Water Mask, 1988, wood, hair, bone, and paint, Gift of Allan and Lenore Sindler, © Courtesy of the artist and Froelick Gallery, 2006.54.1

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Title

Winter Water Mask

Artist

Rick Bartow (American and Wiyot, 1946-2016)

Date

1988

Medium

wood, hair, bone, and paint

Dimensions (H x W x D)

13 1/2 in x 10 in x 5 1/2 in

Inscriptions & Markings

date: R:88, ink, verso, below inscription

signature: Bartow, ink, verso

inscription: Winter Water/ the boat rolled over/2 brothers/Indians/trapped/hours and hours inside before recue 1 brother returned tothe boats and was lost at sea/ 1 brother watches the flight of the cormorant and catches night fish in a tri-cornered net from the beach/ standing in the endless waves that transforms the shore, ink, verso

Collection Area

Native American Art; Modern and Contemporary Art; Northwest Art

Category

California

Sculpture

Object Type

mask

Culture

American

Cultural Group

Wiyot

Credit Line

Gift of Allan and Lenore Sindler

Accession Number

2006.54.1

Copyright

© Courtesy of the artist and Froelick Gallery

Terms

bone

hair

masks

paint

wood

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