Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths

Shown with interchangeable mouths The basic mask depicts the spirit Echo, said to have the ability to imitate the sounds made by any creature. During the course of the ceremonial telling of Echo's tale, the wearer would hide his masked face beneath the folds of his cloak-like blanket and surrep...

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Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Sculpture
Native American: Kwakiutl
Canadian
First Nations
North American Indians
northwest coast
masks
ceremony
ceremonial
British Columbia
Canada
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69463
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spelling ftpennstateuncdm:oai:digital.libraries.psu.edu:arthist2/69463 2023-05-15T16:15:54+02:00 Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths Unknown North and Central America, Canada, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia Provincial Museum, 13495 A-I, repository Painted wood, metal, baleen, twine JPEG http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69463 unknown Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections 12_4868_18_S 12.4868.18.S http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69463 This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications. Sculpture Native American: Kwakiutl Canadian First Nations North American Indians northwest coast masks ceremony ceremonial Image ftpennstateuncdm 2022-08-30T08:27:03Z Shown with interchangeable mouths The basic mask depicts the spirit Echo, said to have the ability to imitate the sounds made by any creature. During the course of the ceremonial telling of Echo's tale, the wearer would hide his masked face beneath the folds of his cloak-like blanket and surreptitiously replace Echo's mouth with the mouth of the creature the spirit was imitating at the time. Still Image First Nations PennState: Digital Collections British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada
institution Open Polar
collection PennState: Digital Collections
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topic Sculpture
Native American: Kwakiutl
Canadian
First Nations
North American Indians
northwest coast
masks
ceremony
ceremonial
spellingShingle Sculpture
Native American: Kwakiutl
Canadian
First Nations
North American Indians
northwest coast
masks
ceremony
ceremonial
Unknown
Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths
topic_facet Sculpture
Native American: Kwakiutl
Canadian
First Nations
North American Indians
northwest coast
masks
ceremony
ceremonial
description Shown with interchangeable mouths The basic mask depicts the spirit Echo, said to have the ability to imitate the sounds made by any creature. During the course of the ceremonial telling of Echo's tale, the wearer would hide his masked face beneath the folds of his cloak-like blanket and surreptitiously replace Echo's mouth with the mouth of the creature the spirit was imitating at the time.
format Still Image
author Unknown
author_facet Unknown
author_sort Unknown
title Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths
title_short Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths
title_full Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths
title_fullStr Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths
title_full_unstemmed Echo mask: Shown with interchangeable mouths
title_sort echo mask: shown with interchangeable mouths
url http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69463
op_coverage North and Central America, Canada, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia Provincial Museum, 13495 A-I, repository
long_lat ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000)
geographic British Columbia
Canada
geographic_facet British Columbia
Canada
genre First Nations
genre_facet First Nations
op_relation Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections
12_4868_18_S
12.4868.18.S
http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69463
op_rights This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications.
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