Mask Item Number: E129510-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Raven." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Exhibit Hall 9, case 33, where it was identified as a human-raven mask.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Jennifer Kramer (anthropologist) 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. Having an ear on a bird was common, the masks represents a transformed human or humanoid bird. This one has human eyebrows and a human forehead.
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Dr. Franz Boas in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Received on September 14, 1887
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- E129510-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
- Field Collector
- Dr. Franz Boas
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 14, 1887
Other
- Accession Number
- 019597