Mask: wood

Mask: wood

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This mask, made by Cherokee artisan Davy Arch (whose first name is sometimes seen spelled Davey), is carved and left unpainted and finished with a leather strap. Different types of masks were traditionally used in Cherokee culture for a variety of ceremonial purposes. Today, masks are still used in ceremonial dances. The images depicted on masks include a variety of animals, often bear or deer, as well as variations on the “booger” mask. Artisans also make masks depicting the seven Cherokee clans. The mask is dated, “1999.”

Arch, Davy

Artifact Collection

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

1999

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16585

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16585

2009-12-02

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

12.5" x 7.0" x 4.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival