Mask
29-175-51
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-51 |
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. Lower jaw separate with Pieces set in mask, carved with openwork scrolls, painted red; immovable. Large, pierced eyesockets, halved by back of mask. Black nose-tip split and curved upward to form pierced ring-nostrils accented by red groove. Blending red and black paint; faint designs. Curved and pierced red wooden head banc attached to brow. Piercings for hair. |
Height | 23 cm |
Length | 32 cm |
Width | 20.3 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 6/9184 - Collector Number |
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