Diving Eagle Cloak Mask

Item number 2953/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Carved, wooden eagle mask with three large faces stacked vertically. The face at the top is blue with thick black eyebrows, a pointed nose and wide lips. The oval eyes have black pupils decorated with unpainted half-crescents. The nostrils and lips are black. There are unpainted shapes against the blue of the forehead, cheeks and chin. The face at centre has thick, gently sloped, black eyebrows and a slightly open mouth. The holes bored as pupils are lined in black. The lips and nostrils are painted red. The figure at the bottom of the mask has a blue face and a large, curved beak. The underside of the beak and the lower jaw are painted black, as are the nostrils and pupils. There are small red designs below each eye and unpainted shapes on the cheeks. There are two small blue bird figures with black beaks, nostrils and eyes on both sides of the mask. The feathers on the sides and top of the mask have thin red lines and have small carved three-point shapes. There are two long green hide straps on both sides. Threads of cedar bark have been woven into a braid around the sides and bottom of the mask. Long strands of cedar bark are sewn in five overlapping bundles to the bottom of the mask. On the back is written the title, artist name and year, as well as a carved insignia.