Hodanyehen Iroquois False Face "Spoonmouth" Mask

Item Details

Hodanyehen “Stick in the Shoulder” (Wolf clan, Onondaga, Iroquois)
False Face “spoonmouth” mask, late 20th century
Carved wood, pigment, horse hair and hide
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

- hide reattached to the upper left of the head; 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 29.0" H.

Item #

ITMG012273