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Carved and painted wooden mask
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
  • Kwakwaka'wakw?
  • Nootka?
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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