Honnaskwesakon Iroquois False Face Mask

Item Details

Honnaskwesakon “He Hunts Animals” (Wolf clan, Onondaga, Iroquois)
False Face mask, late 20th century
Carve wood, horse hair and hide, leather
Includes an Iroqrafts (Six Nations, Ontario) gallery label with artist and item information

Provenance:
from the collection of artists Lenore and Robert Szesko (Chicago, Illinois).

Condition

- minor wear and loss to hair; slight abrasions to the paint of mouth and slight dust accumulations.

Dimensions

- measures wood of mask; with hair measures approximately 23.0" H.

Item #

ITMG012276