Honnaskwesakon Iroquois False Face "Protruding Tongue" Mask

Item Details

Honnaskwesakon “He Hunts Animals” (Wolf clan, Onondaga, Iroquois)
False Face “protruding tongue” mask, late 20th century
Carved 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; aging to leather hanging strap including hardening, abrasions, and cracks.

Dimensions

- measures wood of mask; with hair measures approximately 17.0" H.

Item #

ITMG012275