Wooden face mask. Face has a white painted background with heavy black brows, black rimmed eyes, and a thin black mustache over black teeth in a down-turned mouth. Chin and nostrils are red. Green and red lines decorate the cheeks and sides of chin are green. Hair is carved into thick diagonal strips and painted red, green and black. Back of mask is concave and unpainted.

• Narrative

  Collected at Ceepeecee, near Tahsis, BC, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, c. 1910.

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• Type of Item mask
• Culture Nuu-chah-nulth
• Material wood, paint
• Measurements height 30.0 cm, width 21.5 cm, depth 9.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Catherine Hansen
• Received from Catherine Hansen

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• Made in Vancouver Island

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• Creation Date during 1910
• Collection Date during 1910
• Ownership Date before May 25, 2016
• Acquisition Date on May 25, 2016

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3172/0001