Mask Item Number: Ae50 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Carved, wooden headdress in the form of a heart shaped human face; wide open mouth with two rows of teeth, upper are pointed and lower incisors are wide with gaps between; oval eyes; arched eyebrows; slender nose with sharply cut nostril; small protruding ears with triangular detail. Top of head is smooth and bulbous; remains of short fuzzy black beard and moustache. Cicatrisation on left cheek, creating a smiling effect. Hollowed at back, groove behind chin also a crack.