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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