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Object Number
65-36-10/44119.1
Display Title
Carved and painted wooden mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved and painted wooden mask with moveable parts. By pulling control cord the crown of the mask can be spun in different directions. There is shreded cedar bark around the face. The top of the mask has device surmounted by pegs which rotates, the top is believed to hold bird down and when the top was rotated by the strings, the down was scattered as symbol of peace and goodwill. Orig #7
Inventory Description
Bark fragments from mask, in bag.
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Salish?
- Nootka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
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British Columbia
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Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Alberni Sound; Clayoquote Sound; Nootka Sound
Materials
Bark
Quantity
20+
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 65-36-10/44119 | Carved and painted wooden mask |
Mask
|
Vancouver Island
| |
| 65-36-10/44120 | Carved and painted wooden mask |
Mask
Raw Material |
Vancouver Island
| |
| 65-36-10/44123 | Carved and painted wooden mask, similar to 10/44122 |
Raw Material
Mask |
Vancouver Island
| |
| 65-36-10/44124 | Carved and painted wooden mask |
Mask
|
Vancouver Island
| |
| 65-36-10/44122 | Carved and painted wooden mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Vancouver Island
| |
| 65-36-10/44117 | Carved and painted wooden mask, originally had mustache and beard |
Mask
|
Vancouver Island
| |
Media Restricted
| 40-34-50/4582 | Delicate-featured face mask |
Mask
|
Liberia
Ivory Coast | |
Media Restricted
| 975-12-50/11805 | Bearded mask |
Mask
|
Ivory Coast
| |
| 969-40-50/11318 | Face mask, black and white |
Mask
|
Congo
| |
| 65-36-10/44130.1 | Head, part of carved and painted wooden mask with attached wings |
Mask
Raw Material |
Vancouver Island
| |
| 14-27-10/85886 | Wooden mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
British Columbia
| |
| 65-36-10/44127 | Carved and painted wooden bear mask |
Mask
|
Vancouver Island
|