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1904.19.0032 :: mask (ansiktsmask)

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Enligt generalkatalogen är detta en mask. Votsjik. Vargmask. Med proveniensen Fort Rupert, British Columbia, kwakiutl.

Troligen stämmer här proveniensen då både by och stam är angiven. Stilen är också också typisk för södra kwakiutl, och kwakiutl som sådana. Detta kan ha varit en barnmask som använts i vinterdansceremonierna, men masker som denna bars framför pannan vilket kan innebära att den också buris av en vuxen. Vargen var det djur som rankades högst av kwakiutlindianerna. I mytologin är det vargen som först initierar unga människor till vinterdansceremonierna.

Denna mask har en skinnhuva fastsatt över en ring bakom masken. Detta för att dölja bakre delen av dansarens huvud./JG

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