Name/Title
Mask, RitualEntry/Object ID
2018.3.133Description
Property C24: Gerard Rancourt Tsonakwa, Ghost Mask
Object: ceremonial mask, Artist/Maker: Tsonakwa, Gerard Rancourt (b. 1943, Abenaki: Maritime Canada), Title/Model: Ghost Mask with Feathers and Antler, Date/Region: 1991 / North East, Medium/Technique: wood, feathers, horsehair, glass beads, leather and antler / handmade, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 27" H x 14" W x 1.5" D, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: yes, marker "W699 Tsonakwa © 1991", Exhibitions/Literature: Native American Art from the Collection of Jim and Carol Getty: Exhibition at Campanella Gallery of Park University, March 13-April 18, 2000. Description/Notes: A symmetrically carved wood mask with large round openings for the mouth and the eyes is cascaded by cropped black horsehair on both sides. Fanned black feathers sprouting from the upper left and a single thin black rope with black and orange beads dangles lower left. Contrasting the natural brown mask and the black feather and hair is a single white antler attached to the upper right.Collection
NATIVE AMERICANMade/Created
Artist
Gerard Rancourt TsonakwaDate made
1991Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Mask, RitualNomenclature Sub-Class
Religious ObjectsNomenclature Class
Ceremonial ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
