Dancing Mask Item Number: E206543-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Carved from wood in shape of a face; painted in red, blue, and black. Exhibit Hall 9, 1987. Identified in exhibit label as Bella Coola mask."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk), Evelyn Windsor (Heiltsuk elder) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. The mask was probably wrapped and decorated with cedar bark. The mask is very heavy and appears to be alder wood. The group speculated as to whether the mask represents the sun or moon.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Iver Fougner on September 18, 1900
What
- Name
- Dancing Mask
- Identification Number
- E206543-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
- Received from
- Iver Fougner
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on September 18, 1900
Other
- Accession Number
- 037021