Mask
70-9-189
From: Canada | Ontario | Six Nations Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-189 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iroquois |
| Provenience | Canada | Ontario | Six Nations Reservation |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Creator | Jerry Aaron |
| Date Made | -1939 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Corn Husk | Pigment |
| Iconography | Dance |
| Description | Cornhusk Society Mask; "Used in dances. Nose drop sacrifice of tobacco. Red left eye and mouth, black right eye. Red = not so sick. Black = bad sickness. From Jerry Aaron, 1939." (catalogue card) |
| Height | 37 cm |
| Width | 30 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.