Mask
| Object Number: | 70-9-780 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cherokee Eastern Band |
| Provenience: | United States of America North Carolina Big Cove Cherokee |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Pigment Metal |
| Iconography: | Animal |
| Length: | 32.5 cm |
| Width: | 31.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
| Other Number: | NA1733 - Collector Number |
Description
Flat wide nose; bulbous forehead; rectangular mouth with no lips and two notches on upper edge below nose; oval eye holes; horns at 45 degree angle from sides of head; mask covered in yellow-red pigment; black pigment outlines eyes and goes down sides of nose; black circle around mouth area; nail holes (some remaining nails) around hairline and below horns. Number NA1733 appears in ink on RP inside of mask.
Condition: Cracks appearing in lower mouth area; some wood missing in RP upper mouth area. Sent for freezing 6/91. See lead card (before 70-9-776)
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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