Mask

Carved and painted wooden mask entitled, "Woman." The mask depicts a woman's face with two horizontal painted bands in blue-green pigment over the mouth and one over the eyes. In addition to these three bands, the natural, brown wood is painted with black eyebrows. The mouth is open with abalone shell inlay for teeth, most of which is now missing (only two at the proper right and one at the proper far left remain). A narrow strip of inlaid abalone shell runs vertically across the center forehead. The nostrils are covered with shaped copper plates. Two abalone shell disks represent eyes, one of which is missing. A wide, wooden frame or border surrounds the face. The border includes four rectangular recesses on the sides and five rectangular recesses at the top that once held abalone shell inlay, but which are now missing. An approximate 1" wide section of the wooden frame near the chin is broken and missing. At least four pair of small holes drilled at the corners of the mask once likely attached to a more elaborate headdress.