Keywords: Tsimshian mask Louvre MH 51-35-3.jpg Tsimshian head-on mask used during the initiation rituals of the great winter ceremonies halait Collected in Nisga'a territory at the mouth of the Nass River Wood British Columbia Canada 19th century Masque frontal tsmishian utilisé durant les rituels d'initiation des grandes cérémonies hivernales halait Collecté en territoire Nisga'a à l'embouchure de la rivière Nass Bois Colombie britannique XIXe siècle H 16 cm 6 ¼ in L 38 cm 14 ¾ in Museum Louvre Pavillon des Sessions object history credit line Former collections of Claude Lévi-Strauss; on deposit from the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle - Musée de l'Homme accession number MH 81 22 1 Jastrow 2006 other versions Interior of the Pavillon des Sessions Louvre Claude Lévi-Strauss Tsimshian masks Northwest Coast masks Indigenous art of the Americas Bird masks |