Mask
29-175-49
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-49 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Makah |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Eagle |
| Description | Eagle head. Cut from boards; nailed to wedge and four struts. Mouth slit open to near tip; otherwise uncarved. Long spindle-shaped eyes, outline and iris black. Long black eyebrows with hump. Red paint: on line of mouth-slit, dash at brow-ridge, edge of mask from brow ridge to angle of jaw, and scallops along back edge and agle of jaw, the last two outlined in black. TOp struts pierced for jute hair which remains in last. Pierced for attachment. |
| Height | 24.5 cm |
| Length | 40 cm |
| Width | 23.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9177 - Collector Number |
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