Iroquois False Faces

Description

Title: Iroquois False Faces
Creator: Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008
Contributor: Iroquois art
Published / Created: 1980, undated
Description: The description of this slide reflects the way that Erdoes organized 35mm slides. Erdoes arranged his slides in labeled containers that were sub-divided into labeled sections. The title for this image has been transcribed from its sub-section label; images of other slides from the same sub-section share the container title. The date listed here reflects a span of known dates associated the sub-section. In some cases, titles have been expanded to note particular individuals who appear frequently and who were identified by Erdoes in captions. Individual slide captions have not been transcribed or captured during digitization.
Extent: 2 x 2 in.
20 slides
color
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS S-2609
Collection Title: Richard Erdoes papers
Collection / Other Creator: Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008
Collection Date: 1920-2008 (Bulk: 1965-1998)
Container / Volume: Box 52 | Arts and Crafts, East, Northwest, Eskimo, Mexico Dupes, Cigar Store, Meso America, 4 Arrows

Format: still image
Genre: Slides (photographs)
Subject (Name): Iroquois art
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America--Arts & crafts
Indians of North America--Material culture
Masks--North America

Access: Public
Rights: Copyright Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Citation: Richard Erdoes Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.