Mask Item Number: 25.0/223 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is white, black, red, and green.
Exhibit Label
This small mask representing a female with parted hair was made to fit a child. It was worn by one of the children of the Woman Giving Birth in the atlakim dance. The modelling is direct and bold, and the typically Kwakwaka'wakw painting in strong colors contrasting with white background contributes to the effect of great vitality. (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
- Face | Female
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection