About This Artwork

Designed and executed by Lenore Tawney
American, 1907–2007
United States, New York, New York City

Hanging Entitled "Mask with Horse Hair", c. 1967

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
89.7 x 33.3 cm (35 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)
Restricted gift of Tiffany Blake, 1969.108




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