Painting Item Number: A9051 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Profile image of a Sisiutl mask in black, red, green, and yellow on white. Human-like face is on the left side and a wolf-like face is on the right side. There are a series of scales, and u-form in between the two faces. A human hand is near the human-like face. The wolf has a long protruding red tongue. On the top left corner is a handwritten inscription that reads: "sisiutl mask". Framed with a wooden frame and mounted on a burlap covered board.
Narrative
One of a set originally painted in a spiral drawing book while Mungo Martin was in a Vancouver hospital in 1951.
Item History
- Made by Mungo Martin (Maker) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during 1951
- Collected by Harry Hawthorn during 1951
- Owned by Mungo Martin before 1951
- Received from Mungo Martin (Seller) and Museum Purchase (Funding source) during 1951
What
- Name
- Painting
- Identification Number
- A9051
- Type of Item
- painting
- Frame
- height 52.0 cm, width 65.0 cm, depth 0.5 cm
- Image
- height 29.5 cm, width 43.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Mungo Martin (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Harry Hawthorn
- Previous Owner
- Mungo Martin
- Received from
- Mungo Martin (Seller) and Museum Purchase (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1951
- Collection Date
- during 1951
- Ownership Date
- before 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2064/0010