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Carved and painted wooden mask
Object Number 65-36-10/44122
Display Title Carved and painted wooden mask
Descriptions
Object Description Carved and painted wooden mask. This is a simple mask with large elliptical eyes that roll and blink by pulling the string. The hair is shredded and dyed cedar bark with fur strips for eyelashes. Orig #29.
Inventory Description Carved and painted wooden mask, human face, hair of fiber strands.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nootka?
  • Salish?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Alberni Sound; Clayoquote Sound; Nootka Sound
Materials Wood, Cedar bark, Fur, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 53.34 x 35.56 x 23.3 cm (21 x 14 x 9 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-36-10/44122
Provenance
Collector Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold (1898-1910)
Donor Mrs. Ledyard Cogswell, Jr. (Nov 11, 1965)

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