Human Face mask
Datec. 1884
Mediumwood, feather
DimensionsOther: 18 × 12 × 32 cm (7 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Terms
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-2 a-d b
Object numberHRC 00002
DescriptionHuman face, yellow, green, red and black paint. Carved wood human face open mouth showing even teeth, black moustache and design on chin. Face background yellow also teeth, elaborate green design on rest of face probably to represent a certain animal. Round holes burned in eyes and carved in each cheek. 2 nails under chin hold bits of down. Nostrils and lips red. Holes in cheeks to hold pointed barbs, now missing. Alex Mackenzie, in Roy. Society of Canada. 1891, pg. 6 notes for this mask and others "these masks grotesque and other-wise, were used at merry makings pertaining to feasts, house inaugurations and dances. Faces of human or mythological beings of birds or beasts, were represented by such masks. Wooden or bone.Exhibition HistoryAbenaki Museum Odanok (4-66) - (11-66) $600 Art Gallery Winnipeg (12-54) - (1-55) U. of Montreal (11-58) - (2-59) $200 Bronfman Center Montreal (11-68) - (2-69) $1200 Rotunda - NMM Ottawa (9-69) - (2-70)Published References'Haida Art' - George MacDonald, page 89 (image), page 88 (description)
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