Mask
40-33-3
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 40-33-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tsimshian (uncertain) |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Wooden; massive. Deeply carved and painted black, red, and blue. Human face, wearing hawk headdress. The two halves of the face, which probably also represents the hawk, are differently painted; the right, with the bird's talons on the cheek; the left, with three heavy diverging lines on the cheek and a row of black dots below the eye. |
Height | 59.5 cm |
Width | 43 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of William Hinckle Smith, 1940 |
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