Gyidakhanis Mask Item Number: 25.0/319 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This mask was made by Joe Seaweed, son of artist Willie Seaweed. The character expressed by the little smile and drooping brows suggests innocent, perhaps even gullible wonder. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is white, black, and red. The feather is hawk.
Item History
- Made by Joe Seaweed
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Gyidakhanis Mask
- Identification Number
- 25.0/319
- Type of Item
- gyidakhanis mask
- Material
- wood, paint, eagle feather, feather and hawk
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 11.0 in, width 7.8 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: 'Nakwaxda'xw
- Creator
- Joe Seaweed
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Gyidakhanis
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection