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ProvenancePrivate collection, Virginia; private collection, Brimfield, Massachusetts; private collection, Washington, DC; Toby Herbst, Galisteo, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.37.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum,2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 19.
Artist
Allen Long
(1917 - 1983, Cherokee)
Mask
Datec. 1940
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 8 1/2 × 13 in. (12.7 × 21.6 × 33 cm)
Object numberT0211
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextMasked performers called Boogers are an important part of a social dance ceremony known as the Booger Dance. The Boogers use parody, pantomime and sometimes risqué humor to lessen social tensions in the community. This mask, representing the devil, belongs to a Booger Dance tradition that acknowledges the conflicts resulting from European contact. Allen Long of the Big Cove community was a prominent carver of Booger Dance masks. He was taught by his father, Will West Long, a well-known mask maker and historian.ProvenancePrivate collection, Virginia; private collection, Brimfield, Massachusetts; private collection, Washington, DC; Toby Herbst, Galisteo, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.37.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum,2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 19.
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