Dance Mask
Datec. 1899
Mediumwood
DimensionsOther: 22.9 × 15.2 × 35.6 cm (9 × 6 × 14 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Terms
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-860
Object numberHRC 00860
Descriptioncarved wood, representing a long narrow facce, large bulging eye area painted red with small slanted black eyes in centrre. red for nostrils, closed mouth and flat narrow ears. black line along top of head to represent hair, black brows, cheek lines, and under bottom lip. incised wrinkles in face, those radiating out from cheeks filled with short black lines. rest of wood natural.Exhibition HistoryNational Gallery Canada Mexico (10-60) - (3-610 $150 Heard Museum Phoenix (8-61) - (3-62) $150 Nat. Lib. Pub Arch Ottawa (5-69)
On View
Not on viewCollections
1895-1901
c. 1879
1884
1909
c. 1884
July 1899
c. 1898