Maskette Item Number: 25.0/326 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This small mask depicts a man wearing a cedar bark headring. He may represent Tseykami, a mythical man usually shown with the cedar bark ornaments of the Tseyka. It is representative of the low-cost souvenir carvings available in many shops. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Made by Henry Hunt
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwagu'l
- Creator
- Henry Hunt
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Human | Face
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection