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 snake mask carved by Sim Jessan in the 1970s. 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 heavy black eyebrows and a dark hairline. Dark-colored pigments used to paint masks were often made with charcoal from chestnut or poplar wood. 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.

Jessan, Sim

Unknown

Photograph Collection

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

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StillImage

16216

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16216

2009-01-15

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

7" x 5"(dimension)

Craft Revival