Mask
70-9-778
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Big Cove | Cherokee
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-778 |
| 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 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Fur | Pigment |
| Iconography | Booger Dance |
| Description | Flat nose with prominent bump on bridge; closely spaced small oval eyes; upturned "smiling" mouth with no teeth; prominent cheek bones with sunken cheek areas; red pigment covers most of face; black pigment along hairline, around eyes and above and below lips; animal fur attached for hair with "sideburn" projections; inside of mask on LP cheek are the letters "TDX" written in pencil. Condition: large piece of wood missing from top back edge; sideburns have lost all their hair and remaining hair on fur is coming loose. Sent for freezing 6/91. Attached card reads: "Mask obtained from Will Westlong, Cherokee, N.C.) |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Width | 18.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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