Transformation Mask Item Number: 25.0/212 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Spectacular transformation masks, called t!ahlt!ahlumhl! (folding-out mask), are used during the Tlasula. When two panels open out from the center to reveal a human face with bear's ears, the grizzly bear is dramatically transformed.
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is blue, black, white, and red.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Transformation Mask
- Identification Number
- 25.0/212
- Type of Item
- transformation mask
- Material
- wood, paint and string
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- length 56.0 cm, height 34.0 cm, width 36.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Grizzly Bear | Man
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection