Mask
29-175-60
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-60 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Makah |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Wolf |
| Description | Wolf head. Formed of two boards separated by nailed struts. Strut forming front reaches only half-way up. Head-cap of cound strips of wood beneath mask. Separate, ovate, blue eyeballs on swivels with-in blue ovals. Blue eyebrows. Upturned nose-tip. Pierced, round nostrils. Mouth slit not extended to front; small wooden bars for teeth. Red and blue designs. |
| Height | 25.7 cm |
| Length | 76 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9180 - Collector Number |
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