Mask: wood

Mask: wood

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

It is not known who made this undated Buffalo mask carved from wood and stained. 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

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Artifact Collection

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

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16590

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16590

2009-12-08

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

14.0" x 9.75" x 5.75"(dimension)

Craft Revival