Mask
29-175-12
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-12 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kwakiutl |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Human face. Skull-like,with very large,deep eye-sockets; pierced eyes. Rounded skull. Slight concavity at temples; protruding lips; cheeks concave. The lips and all concavities painted red; the rest of the mask black. |
Height | 36.7 cm |
Width | 25.7 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 8/1589 - Collector Number |
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