Mask of a Valley Ptarmigan
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Object Label
The artist Utagawa Toyohiro took the Chinese motif of the returning sailboat and relocated it to the shores of a small island that was then situated at the mouth of the Sumida River, just outside of Edo (modern-day Tokyo). (The island has since been absorbed by landfill.) Delicate black lines and the use of gray and brown ink in this print—and in the adjacent print by Toyohiro’s student, Hiroshige—make direct reference to traditional East Asian ink landscape paintings.
Caption
Yup'ik. Mask of a Valley Ptarmigan, early 20th century. Wood, feather, pigment, 17 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 6 in. (44.5 × 26.7 × 15.2 cm) Mount (on board): 18 × 12 × 7 1/2 in. (45.7 × 30.5 × 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 44.34.7. Creative Commons-BY
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Collection
Culture
Title
Mask of a Valley Ptarmigan
Date
early 20th century
Medium
Wood, feather, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
17 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 6 in. (44.5 × 26.7 × 15.2 cm) Mount (on board): 18 × 12 × 7 1/2 in. (45.7 × 30.5 × 19.1 cm)
Credit Line
A. Augustus Healy Fund
Accession Number
44.34.7
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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