Mask

29-175-3

From: Canada | British Columbia

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Human face. Elongated eyebrows and continuing band forma frame around the face. Very long nose,drilled horizontally as if for plug. Pierced at each corner of diagonal eyes. Slightly smiling mouth. Almost completely covered with blue,black and orange-red paint.

Height 31.5
Width 24
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 8/1636 - Collector Number

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