Mask
29-175-38
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-38 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nuu-chah-nulth (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Human face. Great overhanging eye-brows meeting above very narrow nose. Eyes outlined by groove. Muzzle protrudes below lines from corners of nose. Open mouth with teeth. No piercing except small hole at each temple for attachment. Black paint: irises, eyebrows, top of head, "comb" on side of each cheek, cross below each eye, lips. |
| Height | 29 cm |
| Width | 8.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/501 - Collector Number |
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