Hok Hok
Item number Nb3.1406 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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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 atłaamł dance series.
Item History
- Made by Beau Dick (Maker) in 'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada during 1980
- Owned by Arctic Loon Gallery before November 10, 1981
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) and Arctic Loon Gallery (Seller) on November 10, 1981
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
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- 'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
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)
When
- Creation Date
- during 1980
- Ownership Date
- before November 10, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on November 10, 1981
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0750/0001
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