Mask
29-175-42
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-42 |
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 | Mirror |
Description | Eagle's head. Movable jaw; hooked beak painted red inside; two large perforations in lower jaw and ten small holes forming triangles. Beak blackened; "scar" across crest. Eye area slightly concave, with two round, framed mirrors tacked in place of eyes. |
Height | 20 cm |
Length | 28.3 cm |
Width | 22.6 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 6/8892 - Collector Number | 6/9152 crossed out - Collector Number |
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