am miiluxw (Mask)

Portrait mask

Said to have been collected by Donald MacKay while he was the Indian Commissioner for BC, 1937-1948.

Mask with an elongated nose and a thin lipped mouth. Plain light brown face has circular cut out hole eyes outlined by black and surrounded by a plain tapering oval with black brows above. The nostrils and the mouth are cut out. Has a green moustache. The cheeks have a red and green linear design. There is a green area above the brows. White fibre cord loops around the back at either side through the top holes of the pair of holes at either side.