Mask
29-175-43
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-43 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nuu-chah-nulth |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Eagle's head. In poor condition; broken on right side, repaired on left. Large, round eyes sunken as if for inlay. Back cut open at sides and below but joined at tip. Red paint: sides of beak, base of mask behind jaw, band around head above eyes, and top of head. Rest of mask painted black. Holes around top of mask for hair. |
| Height | 15.1 cm |
| Length | 35.5 cm |
| Width | 21.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9152 - Collector Number |
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