Mask
29-175-39
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-39 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Cedar Bark | Pigment |
| Description | Human face. Straight sides. Notch between carved, overhanging eyebrows. Nose straight. Eyes intaglio. Wide mouth; lips parted to show teeth. Red paint: band at top of forehead; band across eyes and nose; tip of nose and below; lips and chin. Black: cross on forehead and each cheek; eyebrows; eyes. No piercing except top and sides for attachment. Hair of cedar bark. Small carving nailed on top of mask. |
| Height | 25.5 cm |
| Width | 16.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9742 - Collector Number |
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