Mask Item Number: 2655/14 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Square-shaped mask with large hand obscuring face. Cut-out eye sockets located between the hand's thumb and index finger and between the pinky finger and ring finger. The hand is carved in relief and at its centre, has a number "2" carved on it's surface. Below the thumb is a smaller human face carved in relief that has defined eyebrow ridges, a large triangle-shaped nose, a wide closed mouth and a tapered chin. The piece has white paint(?) or accretions over its surface which is more predominant on lower end of the mask and on the underside of the mask.