Mask Item Number: 3123/17 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Wooden 'passport mask'. Face has a pointed chin, wide cheeks, and a thick forehead pointed at top and rounded throughout centre. Eyes are small slits cut through the wood, surrounded by carved upper and lower lids, slightly inset. Small rounded ears protrude from the edges of the mask. Nose has a narrow bridge that widens at the nostrils, and the lips of the open mouth protrude. The edge of the mask contains three holes per side, bored through the wood. Back of mask is concave and undecorated.