Mask : wood

Mask : wood

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

Indigenous American wood-carving

Mask making

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This mask was carved from wood by Leroy Tramper. 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.

Tramper, Leroy

Artifact Collection

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

8-13-2003

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16725

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

12.0" x 7.25" x 4.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival