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Portrait Mask

Date1899

Mediumcedar, feathers, paint, string, metal

DimensionsOther: 21.4 × 27.4 cm (8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

Terms

Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-697

Object numberHRC 00697

Descriptionhuman face mask with movable eyes, painted black, red and blue. mask has pointed chin and large nose. edge of mask is decorated with 16 small feathers, most of which are broken.

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