Mask Item Number: E274261-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CARVED(?) HEAD OF ANIMAL; PAINTED RED AND BLACK. HELMET TYPE." IDENTIFIED BY PETER MACNAIR, GUEST CURATOR OF THE DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY EXHIBITION, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998, AS A WOLF MASK, ARCHAIC KWAKWAKA'WAKW. BASED ON THIS IDENTIFICATION, WILLIAM STURTEVANT, CURATOR OF NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, DECIDED TO UPDATE THE CATALOG RECORD AND STORE THE OBJECT AS KWAKIUTL. ILLUS. FIG. 126, P. 151 IN DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY BY PETER MACNAIR, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998. IDENTIFIED THERE BY PETER MACNAIR AS FOREHEAD MASK REPRESENTING WOLF, C. 1860, KWAKIUTL.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Gov John G. Brady in Alaska, USA between 1878 and 1909
- Received from Mrs. Edward H. Harriman on June 7, 1912
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- E274261-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
- Field Collector
- Gov John G. Brady
- Received from
- Mrs. Edward H. Harriman
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1878 and 1909
- Acquisition Date
- on June 7, 1912
Other
- Accession Number
- 054171