Mask
29-175-133
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-133 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Nuu-chah-nulth |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Buttons | Pigment | Cloth |
Description | "WIth nose-like beak of bird." Pearl buttons nailed to eyes for irises and around band on forehead; buttons probably missing from band below crest. Blue paint on the following low relief: headband with points, eyes, band below crest, design below beak, scallops below jaw, and blue alternating with yellow spots below forehead band. Yellow tip of beak. Face otherwise pink. Crest of palings, probably representing tail, striped with blue, pink and yellow. Movable cloth and wood cap nailed to back. |
Height | 30.5 cm |
Width | 17.2 cm |
Thickness | 17 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 6/9743 - Collector Number |
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