Carving
29-175-151
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-151 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Maskette puppet. "Representing head of an animal." Long snout; slit mouth lined with red. Corners of eyes incised. Some detail car-ving on face. Black paint: pupils, heavy eye-brows, markings on face and jaw. Face outlined with small twigs (broken on left side) inserted in holes. Head flat at back and nailed to neck of flat stick representing body, with projection at bottom for support. |
| Height | 19.2 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Thickness | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9817 - Collector Number |
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