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Object Number
17-17-10/87207
Display Title
"Reckless" dance mask. "Nutmatl"
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Nutlamatlaqumlh
Object Description
"Reckless" dance mask. Depicts "Nutmatl", a crazy being who kills enemies of Cannibal Spirit. Big nose, down-slanted eyebrows, eyes, and big grin. Made of yellow cedar, red shredded cedar "hair", and eagle down.
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, painted black and red, shredded cedar bark hair
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
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Village Island
/
Mamalelegala Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Spring Pass; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Cedar
Dimensions
Overall: 45 x 25 x 25 cm (17 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
Collector
Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe
(09/1917)
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