Dancing Mask Eagle Item Number: E206544-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Large elaborately carved mask representing the eagle. Lower mandible hinged [movable] and supplied with cords for moving it. Crest of feathers and shredded cedar bark above. Painted in red, black, and blue. Loan: Museo Nacional de Antropologia May 18, 1964, returned summer of 1983."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk), Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) 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. The inside of the mask is cedar bark. The group discussed the accuracy of the accession/catalog record. There could have been a possible translation/transcription error; probably originally meant to be 'dancing' mask, not 'davenig' mask. [This error seems to have been fixed]
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Iver Fougner on September 18, 1900
What
- Name
- Dancing Mask Eagle
- Identification Number
- E206544-0
- 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