M0012693: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) wooden spirit mask

Previous title, replaced August 2022: Mask of the false-face society

Photograph of a carved wooden mask from the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) False Face Society, a medicinal society. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1952 (accession number R13/1952). It is now held by the Science Musuem (object number A645098).

September 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R13/1952

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This material is culturally sensitive. Access is restricted to members of, or people who have approval from, stakeholder communities. For more information email collections@wellcomecollection.org.