Mask
29-175-54
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-54 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nuu-chah-nulth |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Wolf head. Very frail, riddled by worm-holes, and broken above each eyebrow. Inset red eyes; pupils, outlines and eyebrows black. Mouth a red groove outlined in black; black marks for teeth. Nose upturned, divided into two disks, but nostrils indicated in front. Red and black designs; red "flower" on each side above mouth; cross below hind corner of each eye, red on right, black on left. Mask hollow below. Pierced for attachment. |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Length | 35.5 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9190 - Collector Number |
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