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transformation masks (face masks, masks (costume), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Masks that contain one or more ancillary masks inside the former, usually through interior panels or separate halves. Wearers use strings and levers to open up these other masks when performing. Commonly made and performed by Native Northwest Coast communities at various events such as potlatches. |
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transformation masks (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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transformation mask (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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am miiluxw (C,U,English,UF,L,SN)
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am miiluxw (Gitksan,UF,U,SN)
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masks, transformation (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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Northwest Coast Native American |
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(Native North American, Native American, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) [300017594] |
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transformation mask............ |
[VP] |
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Brooklyn Museum [online] (2012-) "transformation mask," accessed 13 January 2020, "Thunderbird Transformation Mask," |
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[VP Preferred] |
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Brooklyn Museum [online] (2012-) "transformation mask," accessed 13 January 2020, "Thunderbird Transformation Mask," |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) "transformation mask," accessed 13 January 2020, "Whale Transformation Mask," |
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Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia [online] (2020) "transformation mask," accessed 13 January 2020, "am miiluxw," |
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