Tusyan
Plank Mask (loniaken)
Tusyan, 1900
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Tusyan
Plank Mask (loniaken)
Tusyan, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, fiber, pigment, hide, abrus seeds, mirrors, Overall: 70.5 x 43 x 21 cm. (27 3/4 x 16 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.) excluding fiber costume
h: 44 in. (111.8 cm.) including raffia
h: 56 in. (142.2 cm.) including rope
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida
Object Number
2002.712
Flat board with concave edge at top and bottom, with triangular form at bottom, and two bird heads at top with long beaks with the necks inserted into the spaces between two projections from the top of the board; board decorated with black pitch in hour glass shape in center flanked by two circles of pitch each surrounding a round mirror. Dark ochre fiber attached to back.
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