Mask
NA8540
From: Canada | British Columbia | Skeena River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA8540 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tsimshian |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Skeena River |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Carved and painted wooden mask. The face is painted black and red with different designs on the right and left halves. The proper left is painted red with a tall ovoid in symbolic motifs. The proper right is painted with the same design but with black lines segmenting the design. The eyebrows are painted in the same style- red with segmented black lines. The lips and nostrils are painted black. Eyes are cut out and painted black surrounding the eye holes. |
Length | 28.1 cm |
Width | 22.9 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
Other Number | SA 20 - Other Number |
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