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Sculpture
Face Mask
Nuxálk artist, (active )
Nuxálk artist
Canada
29 1/2 x 18 x 11 in. (74.9 x 45.7 x 27.9 cm)
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Wood
Wood
Nuxálk; made in Canada
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1800-1900, masks (sculpture), Native American, Native American art
Sculpture
The Nuxalkmc (Nuxálk people) were once referred to as the "Bella Coola." Their homeland and territory are located in and around the Bella Coola valley on the central coast of what is now known as British Columbia, Canada. A rugged inland area located 75 miles from the Pacific Ocean, the region features high mountains rising steeply from the shores of inlets. Nuxálk traditional stories are filled with fabulous beings, many human in form and represented by masked performers in ceremonial dance dramas. Both natural and commercial pigments were used in the decoration of masks, and the characteristic blue, vermilion and black painting is dramatic and distinctive. Very little is known about this mask that is too large to have been worn.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1984.45
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/10/2001
84.45SL1
slide
full frontal
2 x 2
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glossy
8x10
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negative
4x5
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84.45DI1
digital image
2 x 2
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84.45SL2
slide
full back
2 x 2
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84.45DI#2
digital image
6/18/2008
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84.45DI3
digital image
Back
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