Mask
29-175-59
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-59 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Makah |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Hide | Pigment |
| Iconography | Wolf |
| Description | Wolf head. Boards nailed to struts. Upper front piece has small head with painted human face rising above nose. Movpable lower jaw, hinged with leather; teeth formed by strips of wood nailed within upper jaw. Head frame of bound strip of wood between bottom struts. Eyes oval, dark blue out-lines, red irises, dark blue pupils. Nose up-turned. A small wolf, of one board 47cm. long, fastened within top of mask and moves by a cord. Red and dark blue designs; traces of green. |
| Height | 29.7 cm |
| Length | 81.8 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9188 - Collector Number |
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