Mask: wood

Mask: wood

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This undated Buffalo mask, made by Cherokee artisan Allen Long, is carved from buckeye 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. Allen Long (1917-1983) was born and raised in the Big Cove community in Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12 years old, Long learned how to make masks from his father, Will West Long (1870-1947), a medicine man and authority on Cherokee cultural traditions.

Long, Allen, 1917-1983

Artifact Collection

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

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16597

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16597

2009-12-08

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

7.75" x 4.75" x 2.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival