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Wooden mask
Object Number 14-27-10/85886
Display Title Wooden mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden mask. Used in general dances and winter festivals. It represents a human face, with movable second lips which are drawn back and closed by means of a string attacment going through to the inside. It is ornamentally painted in black, white, red, and brown and it is surmounted by a row of feathers.
Inventory Description Carved wooden human face mask, painted, feathers on top, sliding lips.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nishga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Upper Skeena River
Materials Wood, Feather, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 17.8 x 10 cm (11 x 7 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85886
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons
Seller Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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