Mask
29-175-44
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-44 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment | Hair |
| Description | Eagle's head. Beak not pierced but groove painted red and black. Front edge of beak red. Long oblong-oval eyes outlined in black; irises red; pupils black. Black line around forehead continued around back and lower edge as wavy line, first black then red. base of mask red. hair inserted around top of mask. Hole in each side for attachment. Left side broken and repaired. |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Length | 25.5 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9677 - Collector Number |
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