Mask
29-175-35
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-35 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nuu-chah-nulth |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Human face. Rough oval, with small neck for handle. Sloping forehead; incised eyebrows painted black; ridge over eyes. Groove marks eyes; pupil pierced. Curved nose, split at end. Grooves: from corners of mouth across under nose; in center of upper lip. Mouth inset. Yellow paint: eyes, forehead, cheeks, nose, interior of mouth, neck. Blue paint bands. One small piercing in mouth; three below nose. |
| Height | 37.2 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9139 - Collector Number |
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