Mask
29-175-33
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-33 |
| 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. Not worn (unpierced). Simplified realistic. basic paint white. Black paint: eyebrows in relief, lines above and below eyes across nose, irises, outlines of eyes, wide "mustache", lips and below lips. Red: fringe on forehead, design below eyebrows, eyes, nose, edge of "mustach", chin. Mouth a narrow slit; nose straight and long, red band across. Row of small holes at top of mask. |
| Height | 44 cm |
| Width | 29.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9132 - Collector Number |
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