Mask Item Number: 05.589.7798 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Painted wood, hominoid, face mask with large nose. The brows are flat and painted with red extending from the forehead. Large, black eyebrows are underlined with red. The nose, eyesockets and outer cheeks are painted dark blue. The nostrils are red and the inner cheeks around the mouth are green. The mouth is parted and cut through to the back. Painted woven ties are attached to the sides of the mask.
Credit Line
By exchange
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1899
What
Who
- Culture
- Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Masks