Talking Man Mask for Winter Ceremonial Item Number: 05.589.7803 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Wooden mask of talking man with moveable mouth that opens to show teeth. Copper plate on forehead. Tuft of fiber on top of head. Ruffle of raffia painted red around mouth area. Black pigment on cheeks and above the forehead area to represent hair. Has metal eyebrows and low-sloping mouth.
Credit Line
By exchange
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1900
What
- Name
- Talking Man Mask for Winter Ceremonial
- Identification Number
- 05.589.7803
- Type of Item
- talking, winter, mask and man
- Material
- wood, copper metal, fur, cedar bark and shell
- Overall
- length 12.625 in, width 8.25 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit, Haida and Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1900
Other
- Classification
- Masks