Gyidakhanis Mask Item Number: 25.0/317 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This mask was one of a set of six purchased by Sidney Gerber from its native owner in Blunden Harbor, B. C. It has been repainted white over an older painting and has black eyes, eyebrows, and mustache, with traces of red around the nostrils. Masks were often repainted, either to brighten them up after use had dulled the colors or to change the character of the mask, as appears to be the case here. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black, white, and red.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Gyidakhanis Mask
- Identification Number
- 25.0/317
- Type of Item
- gyidakhanis mask
- Material
- wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 10.0 in, width 7.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: 'Nakwaxda'xw
- 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