This is the type of the first ; Iroquois False Face collected by ethnologist L.H Morgan. pancakebay.com; PLEASE NOTE: All mask images above were posted with permission from the mask creator or owner.;
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www.webwinds.com/yupanqui/iroquoisdreams.htm
www.webwinds.com/yupanqui/iroquoisdreams.htm
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False Face Mask - Companion Mask For more information on the Iroquois False Face Society, see the book entitled The False Faces of the Iroquois by William N. Fenton. This book is no longer published by the University of Oklahoma Press: ISBN #0-8061-2294-3 and has become much sought after.
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www.chichesterinc.com/FalseFaceMasks.htm
www.chichesterinc.com/FalseFaceMasks.htm
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Information about traditional and contemporary Native American masks, with links to native carvers from several tribes. The Iroquois consider it sacrilegious to sell, publicly display, or mimic a sacred false face mask, and they have been petitioning museums to return false faces from their exhibits.
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www.native-languages.org/masks.htm
www.native-languages.org/masks.htm
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The Blower Mask is part of the Iroquois False Face Society of the longhouse religion. The Iroquois lived in longhouses along what is now called the Hudson River Valley. The eyes of the mask are made of copper to reflect the light of the fire.
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www.masksoftheworld.com/NoAmerica/Native%20American%20M...
www.masksoftheworld.com/NoAmerica/Native%20American%20Mask%20Iroquois.htm
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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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library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/reports1/iroquois2.htm
library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/reports1/iroquois2.htm
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The grimacing False Faces, which were used by the Iroquois in the curing rites of the False Face Society, are especially notable. The masks are wooden...
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butchersfloor.blogspot.com/2006/08/iroquois-false-face-...
butchersfloor.blogspot.com/2006/08/iroquois-false-face-society.html
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Haudenosaunee Confederacy Policy On False Face Masks The Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee, The Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, issued in 1995 the following policy statement regarding all medicine masks of the Haudenosaunee: The image of the mask is sacred and is only to be used for its intended purpose.
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www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/maskpolicy.htm
www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/maskpolicy.htm
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Iroquois Council of Chiefs had declared all Iroquois false face masks to be sacred objects whose images should not be disseminated among non-Indians.
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www.crystalinks.com/iroquois.html
www.crystalinks.com/iroquois.html
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