Sun Mask Item Number: 25.0/228 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Automatically Generated From Material

The paint is yellow, black, white, and red.

Exhibit Label

The personified sun is usually shown in Kwakwaka'wakw art as a human figure with a hooked beak-like nose and a corona of decorated rays surrounding the face. This sun mask in the Burke collection was done by Jack James, a Kwakwaka'wakw carver from Alert Bay.

Item History

What

Name
Sun Mask
Identification Number
25.0/228
Type of Item
sun mask
Material
wood and paint
Manufacturing Technique
carved and painted
Overall
length 45.0 cm, width 42.0 cm, depth 20.0 cm

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: 'Namgis
Creator
Jack James
Received from
Mrs. Anne Gerber

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Other

Credit
Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
Motif
Sun
Collection
Burke Museum Ethnology Collection