Mask Item Number: A3727 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plain human face mask with circular eyes and open mouth. The mask has an overall elongated oval shape and is painted with heavy black eyebrows, red between the eyebrows and in a line over the eyebrows, blue around the eyes, red nostrils and lips, diagonal red lines that run from temple to eye, red crosses on the cheeks, a black moustache with downturned ends, and diagonal black marks on the chin.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Iconographic Meaning
Speaker mask: hayaq!antalal, see Boas 1895, Fig. 194.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1952
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Jim Charlie before April 2, 1952
- Received from Jim Charlie (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on April 2, 1952
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Jim Charlie
- Received from
- Jim Charlie (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1952
- Ownership Date
- before April 2, 1952
- Acquisition Date
- on April 2, 1952
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 27
- Accession Number
- 1851/0002