Iroquois False Face Society

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Iroquois_False_Face_Society
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ritual society
Iroquois cultural organization
gptkbp:activeIn Iroquois communities
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Iroquois_Confederacy
gptkb:Haudenosaunee
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:traditional_medicine
spiritual protection
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iroquois False Face Society
gptkbp:language Iroquoian languages
gptkbp:mask wood
gptkbp:maskFeatures horsehair
red and black paint
distorted faces
gptkbp:membership Iroquois men
gptkbp:origin legend of the Creator and the Stranger
gptkbp:practicedIn healing rituals
gptkbp:prohibits photography of rituals
sale of masks to outsiders
gptkbp:purpose healing the sick
warding off evil spirits
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Onondaga_Nation
gptkb:Seneca_Nation
gptkb:Six_Nations
gptkbp:rituals chanting
mask dances
burning tobacco
gptkbp:seasonalRituals gptkb:spring
fall
gptkbp:symbolizes gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkbp:uses False Face masks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4