Local American Masks

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Local American Masks Sara Daley and Ashley Rimmel – RE 215 http://www.snowwowl.com/pictures/jumearticles/namasks/laughingowllg.jpg

What do we consider covers? What do Native Americans think about covers?

Background Have been utilized since old circumstances Spiritual, recuperating, excitement Contemporary uses vary from recorded uses http://www.snowwowl.com/pictures/a1.jpg

Materials Varied from tribe to tribe, district to locale Depicted creatures, individuals, or spirits Indians on the Northwest drift: Used red cedar Made three distinct sorts of covers Simple face veil Mechanical veil Transformation veil

Simple, Animal Mask The owl in Kwakwaka'wakw legend speaks to the shrewd one and is a delivery person. http://www.hickerphoto.com/local american-covers 7783-pictures.htm

Simple, Portrait Mask Pugwis or Man of the Sea, a Kwakwaka'wakw undersea soul who is as a human. http://www.hickerphoto.com/local american-craftsmanship 7781-pictures.htm

Meaning Masks were utilized as a part of social orders Potlatch services Native individuals hold that: Masks are living things Deities are available Wearer goes up against the forces of the creature It is a respect to be cut into a representation cover

Seneca False Faces (gagosa) Found among numerous Iroquois individuals Worn by a general public of men at the "new year" and "corn" functions Bring forward the nearness of the 'terrible sibling' http://crustacean666.zoto.com/img/30/5e12e529e170403ff9e3bfda44a4e69c-.jpg

Seneca False Faces (gagosa) Painted red, dark, or both Living basswood tree Distorted mouth and nose, hair Manifestations of spirits present in dreams

View of reality Creation of people Fixed and everlasting reality. Why are they capable? Kwakiutl Masks

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Looking through the Mask: The Hopi Case Presenting starts Uninitiated can't think about veils. Once started, they are allowed to look through the eyeholes surprisingly. See from the eyeholes.

Kachinas Purpose of Kachinas Three noteworthy functions: Soyal, Powamu and Home Dance

Kachina Dolls: Purpose of the dolls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqArkdf0XC0&feature=related