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Indigenous-Inspired Carved Wood Mask with Horse Hair
Indigenous-Inspired Carved Wood Mask with Horse Hair
  1. Indigenous-Inspired Carved Wood Mask with Horse Hair
  2. Indigenous-Inspired Carved Wood Mask with Horse Hair

Indigenous-Inspired Carved Wood Mask with Horse Hair

$275.00

This natural wood portrait mask (Tag #393) is a refined example of Pacific Northwest Coast carving, created to represent a human elder rather than a supernatural being. The realistic facial features—pronounced brow, deeply set eyes, and carved wrinkles—emphasize age, dignity, and wisdom, hallmarks of the portrait mask tradition. Adorned with horse hair, valued for its lifelike movement, and a single feather symbolizing spiritual connection and status, the mask was likely used in ceremonial contexts such as memorial or naming potlatches, where ancestors are honored and embodied by the wearer. The unpainted cedar surface highlights the natural grain of the wood, underscoring the cultural importance of cedar as a sacred life-giving material.

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