Mask, Ritual
Name/Title
Mask, RitualEntry/Object ID
2018.3.137Description
Property C28: Coyote Dancer Mask Object: ceremonial mask, Artist/Maker: Apache, Title/Model: Coyote Face Mask, Date/Region: ca. 1920 / Southeastern Woodlands/Oklahoma, Medium/Technique: pheasant feather, hair, metal, paint, molded earthenware and head of a coyote / handmade, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 25" H x 22" W x 7.5" D, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: An earthenware mask, painted in a dark color, is seen from the neck up. On the neck is an abalone disk. The face is painted with gold dolts that are running up each side of the face and over the chin. The gold dots are in rows of three. A thin sting of dark colored beads is looped around each eye. The eye openings peer out under a full face of a coyote that is draped like a cap. A wood rod is running through the neck of the coyote and on each end of the rod are attached feathers. Typically, Native American view the coyote is a clown or trickster.Collection
NATIVE AMERICANMade/Created
Date made
1920Ethnography
Cultural Region
Region
SouthwestContinent
North AmericaCulture/Tribe
Apache
Native American