Wooden Mask Item Number: E25651-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. ON PLATE IX (P. 163), BAE ANN. REPT. FOR 1882. DALL (P. 101) ATTRIBUTES IT "NEAR LEVUKA, FRIENDLY ISLANDS" (PROPERLY LIFUKA, TONGA). HOWEVER BUCK (ARTS AND CRAFTS OF COOK IS., BISHOP MUS. BULL 179, P. 506) ASSERTS NO MASKS EXISTED IN TONGA. THIS MASK APPEARS RATHER TO HAVE NORTHWEST PACIFIC COAST AFFINITIES.--RIESENBERG, 5/5/59. 5/31/59 A LETTER AND PHOTO TO ROBERT B. INVERARITY, WAS ANSWERED SAYING THAT HE WAS SURE THAT IT WAS FROM THE KWAKIUTL, AND SIMILAR SPECIMEN ONCE IN HEYE MUS., N.Y.C. THE WOOD HAS BEEN DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED BY WM. WATKINS AS SPRUCE, POSSIBLY SITKA VARIETY. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED MAR 22 1990."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from H. S. Kirby on February 2, 1876
What
- Name
- Wooden Mask
- Identification Number
- E25651-0
- Type of Item
- mask
Who
- Culture
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
- Received from
- H. S. Kirby
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on February 2, 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004838