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False Face Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The False Face Society is the best known of many medicinal societies among the Iroquois. The society is best known for its dramatic wooden masks, the "false faces." The masks are used in healing rit...
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An injured or ill Iroquois Indian would sometimes ask the False Face Society to drive away the spirit of the illness or injury. The False Face Society wore masks carved from wood. After a new member joined the False Face Society he had to make his own mask.
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Agawa Indian Crafts and The Canadian Carver selling native indian canadian crafts is located about 30 minutes north of Sault Ste Marie Ontario on Highway 17 north. Come and visit us today. ... © 2009 Agawa Indian Crafts and The Canadian Carver. All Rights Reserved ; ... A member of Algoma Kinnawabi - Algoma Country...
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Cleveland Iroquois art gallery and woodland art gallery featuring Iroquois Indian masks and false face masks and woodland tribal art ... The Iroquois are composed of six nations: Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida and Tuscarora. Gaining control of most of the northeastern United States and Canada, their empire reached...
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We believe this may be a very unskilled carvers attempt at a False Face Society mask. It could also be quite old, though age of a wood mask is difficult to determine. Regardless, this primitive mask has a wonderfully unique look that makes it desirable. ... Native American Masks the Pacific Northwest Coast...
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