Mask

29-175-14

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-14
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment | Metal
Description

Human face. Probably carried, as eyes are filled in mith metal disks and there is a bar across back at eye-level. Naturalistic round face,framed by band of wide,diagonal grooving forming hair and beard. Two triangular peaks on each side of small standing human figure on top of mask. Red, green and purple paint.

Height 63.4 cm
Width 33 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/8837 - Collector Number

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