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Carved and painted wooden mask with projecting piece on back
Carved and painted wooden mask with projecting piece on back
Object Number 65-36-10/44116
Display Title Carved and painted wooden mask with projecting piece on back
Descriptions
Object Description Carved and painted wooden mask with projecting piece on back. Mask could be held in front of ones face by clamping this piece between teeth. Evidently at one time the mask had a rotating nose or a nose which could be pulled into position by a string.* Orig # 2
Inventory Description Mask, carved and painted, anthropomorphic head, perforated eyes and nose
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Salish?
  • Nootka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Alberni Sound; Clayoquote Sound; Nootka Sound
Materials Wood , Metal , Leather , Cloth
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 20.8 x 10.2 cm (11 13/16 x 8 3/16 x 4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-36-10/44116
Provenance
Collector Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold (1898-1910)
Donor Mrs. Ledyard Cogswell, Jr. (1965)

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