Figurine Item Number: 25.0/240 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is white, red, and black.
Exhibit Label
The function of this small figure is uncertain, but the tenon at its base and its resemblance to other figures suggest it was probably attached to the top of a mask. Some of these are jointed and can be made to move and gesture. The little man sits with upraised arms, one of which is a recent replacement. The entire figure except this arm is painted white with detail in black and red. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Nootlemgyila
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection