Mask: wood

Mask: wood

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This undated photograph shows an example of a Cherokee “booger” mask The names of the carver and the photographer are unknown. Cherokee masks were typically carved from buckeye or poplar, but were also be made from hornets' nests, animal hides, or gourds. The maker of this mask also used animal fur, probably rabbit, to imitate hair at the top of the mask. Traditionally, red-colored masks like this one were often stained with clay mixed with pokeberries or other natural dyes.

Unknown

Photograph Collection

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

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16218

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16218

2009-01-15

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5" x 3.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival