Region / Tribe: Northeastern Woodlands, N.Y.S. / Iroquois

Circa: 1920

Materials: Braided corn husk, cotton string

Dimensions: H. 15 1/2” x W. 10”

Condition: Excellent, no restoration

Collection History: 

Hazel Jimerson, Allegany Reservation, N.Y.S.

Bob Doyle Collection, N.Y.S.

Comments: Tightly woven, one of a pair, made by the same artist and in the same period.

References: The False Faces of the Iroquois, William N. Fenton.

See “Mask Types”, Part I … The Husk Faces or Bushy Heads, p. 54 and Index, p. 519, extensive references to corn husk masks