Mask
29-175-51
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-51 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Makah |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Wolf |
| Description | Wolf head. Lower jaw separate with Pieces set in mask, carved with openwork scrolls, painted red; immovable. Large, pierced eyesockets, halved by back of mask. Black nose-tip split and curved upward to form pierced ring-nostrils accented by red groove. Blending red and black paint; faint designs. Curved and pierced red wooden head banc attached to brow. Piercings for hair. |
| Height | 23 cm |
| Length | 32 cm |
| Width | 20.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9184 - Collector Number |
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