Mask
29-175-55
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-55 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Makah |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Wolf |
| Description | Wolf head. Crudely made of two flat boards nailed to upright forming end of muzzle, piece of wood above brow-ridge and strut below. Stylized painting in blue, with traces of white on left and red on right. Oblong eyes, oval irises, round pupils. Eyebrows straight. Diminishing curved streakes from upturned nose to brow-ridges. Front of snout blue.l Blue double line curves, with red on right, white on left. |
| Height | 20.5 cm |
| Length | 40.5 cm |
| Width | 22 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/8842 - Collector Number |
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