Mask
38529
From: Canada | Ontario | Grand River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38529 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iroquois |
| Provenience | Canada | Ontario | Grand River |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment | Tin | Horsehair |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | "Painted black and red; tin eyes; protruding lips; horsehair." (catalogue card); Handwritten on card - "Whistling Mask" also called "Blowing Spirit Mask" representing one of common faces begging for tobacco (Fenton - A.F.E.). Has a tobacco offering tied to forehead. |
| Length | 26 cm |
| Width | 15.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Pan-American Exposition; Wanamaker Expedition / R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
| Other Number | 51B - Other Number |
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