In 1998, Robert Joseph, a Northwest Coast chief, recalled that when he donned ceremonial dance masks as a youth, "all the world is somewhere else . . . I am the mask . . . the bird . . . the animal . . . the spirit. I transcend into the being of the mask." Although this mask's identity is lost, it may represent a mythic ancestor of a Tlingit family and perhaps was worn during a winter ceremony.

<i>Year in Review: 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

Year in Review: 1979

<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art

CMA 1980:  "Year in Review 1979," Bull., LXVII (March, 1980), p. 96, cat. #43, repr. p. 94

MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 48, p. 118.

A carved wood mask features a human face with a vertical crack through the forehead, wide black eyebrows, and large circular eyes with dark pupils. Below a broad nose, the mouth opens slightly to reveal rectangular teeth. Red and black patterns decorate the upper forehead, while a cross-hatched design marks the jaw. Two long, light-colored leather straps hang from the sides of the warm brown face.

de Menil, Houston; (Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., sale #4291, lot #348)

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