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Mask with Horse Hair (Hanging)

Mask with Horse Hair (Hanging)

Lenore Tawney (American, 1907–2007) United States, New York, New York City
Date
c. 1967
Medium
Linen, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; embellished with knotted grass fringe, stone and shell beads, and metal foil rectangles secured by knotted lengths of linen threads; suspended from knotted main warp; bottom edged with main warp cut fringe knotted with horsehair
Dimensions
89.7 × 33.3 cm (35 1/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Tiffany Blake