Mask

70-9-192

From: North America

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 70-9-192
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iroquois
Provenience North America
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Corn Husk | Pigment | Fiber
Iconography Dance
Description

Corn Husk Society Mask; "Used in dances. Piece of cloth in back for covering up head of dancer. Red painted nose. Tobacco sacrifices on eyes and mouth." (catalogue card). Piece of cloth missing.

Height 29 cm
Width 28 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970

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