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Portrait Mask
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Portrait Mask
Portrait Mask

Portrait Mask

Date1884
Mediumwood , paint
DimensionsOther: 27.9 × 27.9 cm (11 × 11 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-137
Object numberHRC 00137
Descriptioncarved wooden mask, broad cheeks, mouth slightly open. eye area painted with blue dashes, in rickets blue, blue dashes on end of nose also moustache and 2 part beard in same blue. red paint on nostrils, lips and cheeks. forehead and cheek design mainly black, painted on natural wood.
Exhibition HistoryNMC - West Coast Ottawa (4-67)
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