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Haida Moon Mask

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Title: Haida Moon Mask

Caption: Carved and painted wooden mask representing the Moon, an important element in the mythology of the Native American Haida people. The mask would be used in shamanistic rituals. The Haida are indigenous to the Pacific northwest coast of North America with territories in both Canada and the United States.

Personalities: HAIDA (19th century)

Credit: Album / Science Source / NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Image size: 3894 × 4098 px | 45.7 MB

Print size: 33.0 × 34.7 cm | 1533.1 × 1613.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ABORIGINAL • AMERICAN • ANIMISM • ART • ARTFORM: ICON • CARVED • CARVING • CULTURAL • CULTURE • DEITIES • DEITY • FACE • GOD • HAIDA • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ICON • ICONOGRAPHY • INDIGENOUS • LUNA • MASK • MOON • MYTH • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NATIVE • NORTH • NORTHWEST • PACIFIC • PAINT • PAINTED • PEOPLE • RELIC • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RELIQUY • RITE • RITUAL • SCULPTURE • SHAMANISM • SHAMANISTIC • SYMBOL • WOOD • WOODEN