Mask Item Number: 25.0/314 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
The large background area of unpainted wood is more Bella Coola than Kwakwaka'wakw in style, and the simple geometric pattern of red stripes resembles some mask painting of the former tribe. The use of gambler masks in a stylized performance of the widely known Hand Game or Bone Game as part of the Tlasula is well documented. High-ranking guests are invited to play against the masked gamblers and are paid lavishly. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is red, orange, black, and green.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
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
- gambler
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection