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 also sometimes spelled Davey), is carved and finished with a cord 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 was made as a demonstration at a festival in 1994 and is signed and dated.

Arch, Davy

Artifact Collection

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

1994

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16588

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2009-12-02

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

12.0" x 6.5" x 4.0"(dimension)

Craft Revival