Hok Hok Item Number: Nb3.1406 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Wooden, carved bird mask with a very long straight beak. Beak has rounded end and movable lower mandible. Shredded cedar bark at top of head has five feathers, three brown and two white, and down. Twisted cedar bark nailed along upper rim, sides and lower, unraveled ends on either side of elongated rounded protuberance at base of beak; long bent brow above orange eye area which is curved and pointed at base of beak, pointed eyelid lines have red optic liners, circular pupil; u forms on temples; conical protruding nostrils have circular ends and u forms along length; black beak has series of u forms above and below red lip band; lower mandible is slightly longer than upper beak. Frontal bird face at base of lower mandible with black and white circular pupils in orange eye areas, black broad nostril nose with circle at centre for tip of beak, white band around red continuous lip band, bared teeth. Lower mandible attached to base of head by leather hinges that have been glued and stapled into place; operated by cord tied and passed through 2 metal 'eyes' on interior of beak, looped around a wooden ball and attached to the centre of a short stick; nylon line looped and tied through two holes at base of head. Signed 'Hok Hok Beau Dick 80.'

History Of Use

Huxwhukw-of-Sky mask, from the atłaamł dance series.

Item History

What

Name
Hok Hok
Identification Number
Nb3.1406
Type of Item
mask
Material
adhesive, fibre, leather skin, metal, feather, paint, cedar bark and wood
Manufacturing Technique
carved, painted, stapled, nailed, glued and tied
Overall
height 30.3 cm, width 30.2 cm, depth 103.0 cm

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Creator
Beau Dick (Maker)
Previous Owner
Arctic Loon Gallery
Received from
Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) and Arctic Loon Gallery (Seller)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada

When

Creation Date
during 1980
Ownership Date
before November 10, 1981
Acquisition Date
on November 10, 1981

Other

Condition
good
Accession Number
0750/0001