Mask Item Number: E217411-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "This mask represents the head of a bear."Notes from Glen Wood, Tsimshian artist, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 8/14/1983: "Not Nootka. Facial shape is not Nootka style. Red eyebrows may indicate Tsimshian, hard to det. exactly which tribe it is - but "definitely not Nootka"."
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Received on September 17, 1902
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- E217411-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) ? or Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) ?
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on September 17, 1902
Other
- Accession Number
- 039904