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Object Number
65-36-10/44125
Display Title
Carved and painted wooden mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved and painted wooden Transformation Mask. This is a double mask the innerface is exposed when the outer mask raises on vertical iron rods. When it is closed it displays one face but outerface can be raised displaying the second face which is a man. This type of mask was often used by Kwakwaka’wakw.. Orig #4
Inventory Description
Carved wooden mask, human face, painted, opens to inner mask form
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nootka?
- Kwakwaka'wakw?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Alberni Sound?; Clayoquote Sound; Nootka Sound
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 68.58 x 33.02 x 19.4 cm (27 x 13 x 7 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65-36-10/44125
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold
(1898-1910)
Donor
Mrs. Ledyard Cogswell, Jr.
(Nov 11, 1965)
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