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A NORTHWEST COAST POLYCHROME WOOD FOREHEAD MASK
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A NORTHWEST COAST POLYCHROME WOOD FOREHEAD MASK
carved in two sections with red, green, black, and white paint, depicting a wolf with oval-pointed eyes and large, rounded snout with pierced, flaring nostrils, lower jaw attached with nails and supporting two rows of teeth, tufts of cedar bark attached to crown and snout, twisted muslin on the base, the interior with ink inscription, NKW.24.PD
Length: 21 in. (53.4 cm.)
carved in two sections with red, green, black, and white paint, depicting a wolf with oval-pointed eyes and large, rounded snout with pierced, flaring nostrils, lower jaw attached with nails and supporting two rows of teeth, tufts of cedar bark attached to crown and snout, twisted muslin on the base, the interior with ink inscription, NKW.24.PD
Length: 21 in. (53.4 cm.)
Sale room notice
The catalog illustration for this lot should read 213.