Mask: wood

Mask: wood

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows an example of a Cherokee dance mask. The mask maker's name is unknown. Cherokee masks were typically carved from buckeye or poplar, but were also be made from hornets' nests, animal hides, or gourds. This wood mask features a light natural wood finish and dark mustache. The maker of this mask also used animal fur, probably opossum, to imitate hair at the top of the mask. Traditionally, masks were often stained with clay or other natural dyes; the details on this mask look to have been obtained with more modern paints. Masks were used by Cherokees for a variety of traditionally ceremonial purposes and were made in a wide range of styles, from variations on the “booger” mask, to depictions of animals, including bear and deer, and the seven Cherokee clans.

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Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16215

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16215

2009-01-15

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

7" x 5"(dimension)

Craft Revival