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Primate by Elza Mayhew, mask in iron

Primate by Elza Mayhew, mask in iron

Photo: Ken Mcallister

Date: 1960
Size: H: 13” x W: 9 3/4”
Casts: 1
Form: Mask
Material: Iron

The masks were early work, 1959-61, sand-cast in iron or bronze. On the back of a photo of Viking, Mayhew wrote: “The first of 12 masks.” There may have been more.

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