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TLINGIT INDIANS MASK MAKING. 1800 - today Location: Pacific Northwest Coast Today: Southern Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon in Canada. What materials are used? Wood Paint String Animal hair. What were the functions? Represent spirits and ancestors For festivity or celebration
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TLINGIT INDIANS MASK MAKING 1800- today Location: Pacific Northwest Coast Today: Southern Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon in Canada • What materials are used? • Wood • Paint • String • Animal hair • What were the functions? • Represent spirits and ancestors • For festivity or celebration • Represent kinship (crests) • What do the mask include? • Red, blue, black, orange, yellow and green paint • Several organic shapes • Generally the shapes are outlined in black paint • Most are symmetrical • Abstract animals and human faces
Where were the Tlingit Indians located? • What were two things that the main characters used in Tlingit masks? • The shapes painted and carved into the mask were geometric shapes? T/F • When were these masks used? • What kind of hair was used to make these masks?