Mask | Bear Item Number: 25.0/213 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Nuxalk ceremonial traditions are related to those of their neighbors, yet their complex cosmology is unique. This mask was likely used in a dance-drama performance honoring the supernatural beings who inhabit the Nuxalk universe.
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is blue, black, and red.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Nuxalk
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Bear
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection