Red Cedar Portrait Mask Necklace

Red Cedar Portrait Mask NecklaceThis Portrait Mask was hand carved by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Erich Glendale. It has been carved from red cedar and stained. Inspired by a mask Erich saw inside a history book, this mask was carved with similar flow and curvature. The mask measures approximately 9 1 2 inches or 24 centimeters high, 7 3 4 inches or 19 1 2 centimeters wide, and 5 inches or 12 1 2 centimeters deep.

The mask measures approximately 12 1/2 inches or 32 centimeters high

Northwest Coast artists depict a human face at the base of the dorsal fin

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3 ounces or 7 1/2 grams

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This became the first and only time in 25 years that an aboriginal person was so honoured

The bracelet is 1 inch or 2 1/2 centimeters wide

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5 1/2 inches or 14 centimeters wide

The Sun Symbol represents life-giving abundance with its warmth radiating healing and peace

Long ago a Iihlangaa—Young Man looked inside as the Herring People danced in their great longhouse

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