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Description

Mask with four separately attached wood appendages that are nailed to the sides and forehead. The top two horn-like pieces are nailed to the mask at an angle and have rounded edges, and the two side pieces have two lobes that face outwards and are angled slightly towards the back of the mask. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows, a curved black nose with red nostrils, red and green around the black and white eyes, pursed red lips, and black and red u-shapes to the sides of the mouth with an inset green ovoid bordered in white. Long strips of cedar bark bound in two places with green string are attached to the top of the mask. An off-white cord is strung through a hole at the top of the mask and two holes on either side.

History Of Use

Door-Keeper-of-the-Woods mask from the atłaamł series. In 1966, Charlie George and Joe Seaweed said: this is an 'imas mask. Indicates the wish of the deceased and his family that his rights and regalia be passed on to his successors.

Iconographic Meaning

Represents the spirit of a deceased person.

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