Mask: gourd

Mask: gourd

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

This Booger mask, made by Cherokee artisan Fred McCoy, is made from a gourd. The mask is signed "Fred McCoy 92" on the back. 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.

McCoy, Fred

Artifact Collection

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

1992

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16603

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16603

2010-03-29

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

12.5" x 8.0" x 11.25"(dimension)

Craft Revival