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2. False Face Society - Wikipedia

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   Iroquois oral history tells the beginning of the False Face tradition. According to the accounts, the Creator Shöñgwaia'dihsum ('our creator' in Onondaga), blessed with healing powers in response to his love of living things, encountered a stranger, referred to in Onondaga as Ethiso:da' ('our grandfather') or Hado'ih (IPA:), and challenged him in a competition to see who could move a mountain.

3. Transformation mask - Wikipedia

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   Upon examination, the mask revealed marks that proved the origin of the mask, along with evidence that the mask was used in Native American ceremonies. The mask, presented as an eagle or thunderbird, was meant to portray an animal to human transformation. [5] Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington displayed the original transformation mask as part ...

4. Kwakwakaʼwakw art - Wikipedia

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   Some masks are decorated with feathers and "hair", usually represented by animal fur or strips of cedar bark. The following are a select few important types of masks: Dancers with hamatsa masks, photo by Edward S. Curtis, 1914 Namgis (Native American). Thunderbird Transformation Mask, 19th century.

5. Watch the Trailer for Toronto Player ‘So Surreal ... - AOL

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   Serial Maven Studios has given Variety exclusive access to the trailer for Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson’s “So Surreal: Behind the Masks,” a Native American documentary world premiering ...

6. Booger dance - Wikipedia

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   Roger Cain (United Keetoowah Band mask-maker) showing a gourd booger mask (left) and a buffalo mask (right) The Booger Dance (Cherokee: tsu'nigadu'li, ᏭᏂᎦᏚᎵ "many persons' faces covered over" [1]) is a traditional dance of the Cherokee tribe, performed with ritual masks. It is performed at night-time around a campfire, usually in late ...

7. Alaska Native art - Wikipedia

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   One of their most popular forms of art are masks, which are generally made of wood and range in size from a few inches tall to several pounds in weight. [4] They most often create masks for ceremonies but the masks are traditionally destroyed after being used. [5] These masks are used to bring the person wearing it luck and good fortune in ...