Question for you guys... there's a museum in North Carolina built around the region's First Nations/NDN heritage, but one of the objects they just installed is a "shawnee ghost dance mask" created by the museum's janitor Charles D Carmen 3rd, who titles himself a "raincloud dancer" (which changed from when he was a "rainbow shaman dancer" a few weeks ago)
I wasnt aware the Shawnee had the Ghost Dance, but what troubles me most is that the "mask" is basically a commercial visor with a large beak attached, painted black, with eyes painted on it in acrylic, some hair hotglued on, and a ton of plastic crow beads (I do have a picture, I just dont know how to upload it so if anyone has advice for that I will gladly share the image)... it's just troubling; Im unfamilliar with Shawnee masks but theres something about this one that really sticks out as something that probably shouldnt be in a heritage museum.
Thoughts?
(I think I can attach the image in this post; gonna try that first)
