Painting Item Number: A9044 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Yellow, red and black painting of a bee-man mask; prominent red circular nose with red lines emanating from it; outspread arms with large drop-shaped appendages. Ink inscription in upper left corner reads 'Bee-man mask hamasəlatəmt'. Framed and mounted on a large 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
- A9044
- Type of Item
- painting
- Frame
- height 53.5 cm, width 64.0 cm
- Image
- height 30.0 cm, width 42.5 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2064/0003