Mask
| Object Number: | 70-9-776 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cherokee Eastern Band |
| Provenience: | United States of America North Carolina Big Cove Cherokee |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Date Made: | 1900-1968 |
| Early Date: | 1900 |
| Late Date: | 1968 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Fur Pigment |
| Iconography: | Booger Dance |
| Length: | 27.5 cm |
| Width: | 19 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Description
Prominent nose and bridge; two grooves either side of nose touch ends of mouth and extend beyond; hollowed out eye orbits; high cheek bones; elliptical, open mouth with thin lips; holes for nostrils and eyes; red pigment over most of face; black band across eyes from temple to temple and above and below lips; fur attached to top of mask down to eyebrow ridge and forming "sideburns"; the mark "u" appears inside of mask on LP cheek. Attached tag reads: "Mask obtained from Will Westlong, Cherokee, NC". Condition: some cracks in edge of mask; fur loosing hair. Sent for freezing 6/91.
Bibliography:
| [Other] Wm. D. Morley, Inc. Inventory and Appraisement - Personal Property - The Estate of Samuel W. Pennypacker, 2nd, Dec'd. - Haldeman Road Schwenksville, RD 1 Penna. October 15, 1968.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 28 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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