CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction 353 



Patterns of art in Iroquois culture 356 



Masks in Iroquois culture 362 



Origin and antiquity 362 



The False Face Society 365 



Style 368 



Mask carving at Onondaga Reservation 373 



The community 373 



The carvers 377 



Economics of mask carving 380 



Religious aspects of maskmaking , 384 



Learning and motivation 387 



Technical and esthetic processes 390 



Standards of taste 396 



Concluding remarks 403 



Bibliography 406 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 

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91. Onondaga Reservation Council House and Community center. 



92. Onondaga Reservation maskmakers. 



93. Onondaga Reservation residences. 



94. Spoon-lipped masks. 



95. Crooked-mouth mask and smiling masks. 



96. Straight-lipped mask and crooked-mouth masks. 



97. Blowing masks and smiling mask. 



98. Blowing mask and straight-lipped masks. 



99. Straight-lipped mask and crooked-mouth mask. 



100. Crooked-mouth mask and tongue-protruding mask. 



101. Crooked-mouth masks. 



102. Onondaga 1888 DeCost Smith tongue-protruding masks. 



103. Straight-lipped wooden mask and Husk Face Society mask. 



104. Maskette carved by Allison Thomas. 



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