Iroquois Cayuga Dream Guessing Mask False Face Native American Miniature 2

Description

Offered is our 2nd Native American Miniature this week:
This is a hand-carved miniature representation of an Iroquois (Cayuga/ Wolf Clan)  false face/ dream-guessing mask, made for the tourist trade, so not one of the sacred masks used for ceremony. I purchased three of these with one tag by the same craftsperson, so I'll provide a photocopy of the tag to the winning bidder.
This wonderful carved piece measures 5" to the bottom of the hair/fur.  It has a little leather hanging tab on back.
The maker's name is in Cayuga with special accents I can't represent on my computer.  He or she is a member of the Cayuga Nation of the Iroquoise confederacy and a member of the wolf clan.
The description explains that the dream guessing mask is used during the mid-winter festival to interpret the dreams of a person and that a miniature copy is given to the person as a good luck charm.
I'm selling another Iroquois False Face on a cornhusk doll with the Iroqrafts tag this week. I'm happy to combine shipping.
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* Most of the items we sell come from our personal collection gathered over the years from our travels, from Native powwows and craft stores, antique shops, auctions and estate sales. Now that our kids are in college and beyond, we are letting some items go so others can enjoy them.
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