Mask
29-175-48
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-48 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nuu-chah-nulth |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Period | Late 19th Century |
| Date Made | 1850-1899 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Head of wolf. Solid except for hollow in back for attachment, and lower jaw hollowed at base. Outlines of small eyes at mouth level grooved. Mouth a deep groove, notched for teeth. Face concave at sides and top from brow and behind eyes almost to tip of snout, forming long curve to upturned nose. Mask blackened all over. |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Length | 33.5 cm |
| Width | 18.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/8840 - Collector Number |
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