IDNO

P.8376.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Iroquois false face masks. 73999.” [typed text]

Documentary photograph of eight Iroquois false face masks hanging on a white wall. [JD 20/4/2009]

Place

N America; ?Canada; Ontario; Six Nations Indian Reserve

Cultural Affliation

Haudenosaunee [People of the Longhouse; historically Iroquois; Five Nations]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

National Museum of Canada

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Canadian Museum of Civilization [National Museum of Canada]?Jenness, Diamond

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Context: Each mask has its own name from mythology. The masks are used in healing ceremonies, and handling the masks is discouraged. [Sherry Farrell Racette, JD 8/5/2007]

Related Image: Possibly the same image is held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization with the following information:
Title - Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Indian masks
Publisher/Date - [1911?]
Rights & Access - Image restricted.
For use/reproduction terms, please consult Canadian Museum of Civilization (copyright owner).
Summary -
"III-I-438 mask: 73-5507, 73-5503, 73-5499; III-I-89 mask: 73-5564, 73-5556, 73-5560; III-I-87 mask: 73-5005, 73-5004, 73-5007, 73-5010; III-I-630 mask: 73-5505, 73-5501, 73-5497; III-I-124 mask: 73-5032, 73-5028, 73-5031, 73-5035, 101-204; III-I-126: red false face. Orange-red paint on face with small silver colored eyeplates about 1/2" long. Grand River, Ont.; A.A. Goldenweiser 1911; III-I-127 false face mask: painted red, brass, horsehair- J 19984-2,3,4; III-I-935 mask: 73-8041".
Cultural Group - Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) 
Place of Research - Ontario 
Control No. 73999 LS
[Source: http://geoweb.civilisations.ca:8001, JD 20/4/2009]

Cultural Group: Haudenosaunee is the Iroquois own name for themsolves, and translates as 'People of the Longhouse', [Information provided by Jackson Two Bears, JD 03/07/2019]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 20/4/2009]