Two Males Battle Mask Item Number: 2004-2/274 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Spirit of the Ancestors-Two Males battle for best spawning grounds. These battles that happen annually for thousands of years are a testiment to the percerverance of the salmon spirit. It's a battle West Coast artists have engaged in to best represent an ancient artform. Striving to pay the art form the respect it deserves. The same perserverance that drives the salmon, drives me as an artist. A battle for that best spawning ground we call the art world. - Gerry Sheena
Item History
- Made by Gerry Sheena
- Received from Arthur B. Steinman
What
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Creator
- Gerry Sheena
- Received from
- Arthur B. Steinman
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Arthur B. Steinman
- Motif
- Humanoid | Salmon
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection