Honnaskwesakon Iroquois False Face "Whistler" Mask

Item Details

Honnaskwesakon “He Hunts Animals” (Wolf clan, Onondaga, Iroquois)
False Face “whistler” mask, late 20th century
Carved wood, pigment, bone, 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 staining to the bone of the eyes; slight dust accumulations.

Dimensions

- measures wood of mask; with hair measures approximately 44.0" H.

Item #

ITMG012274