Mask

97-84-242

From: Canada | British Columbia | Kitkatla

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-84-242
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tsimshian
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Kitkatla
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Porcher Island
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Massive mask, quadrangular. Human mask carved of wood, painted red, black, and white. Faint remnants of white paint visible at center forehead, sides of face, mouth, and neck.

Height 33.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 29.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-84-242 - Old Museum Number | 16210 - ANSP Number | II 1307 - Gottschall Number

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