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 from wood and finished with fur and deer antler. The mask is signed "Made by: Davy Arch 1991" 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.

Arch, Davy

Artifact Collection

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

1991

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16605

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16605

2010-03-29

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

21.0" x 10.75" x 10.0"(dimension)

Craft Revival