Moon Mask
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: Canada including Hudson Bay and Northwestern Passages
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: 1987
label: Notes
content: A large circular mask carved from alder featuring a central human face set in a wide radial border. The mask was made by artist and carver Peter Prevost of British Columbia, Canada and is Haida in style. The rim of the mask surrounding the face is flat and has a light blue border. The rim is etched with a criss-cross pattern except for four ordinal, curved rectangular panels of solid blue surrounded by a black line border. The face of the mask protrudes outward from the rim and features an open red-painted mouth, wide black eyes, a flat nose, and prominent brows and cheekbones. The wood is light in color and minimally painted. A leather thong is knotted through the mask at the edge of the face on either side of the eyes. The interior of the mask is roughly carved, with small holes for eyes and nostrils as well as the larger mouth opening.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Dec 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, Canada, British Columbia
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400511-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Wood, Paint, Leather