Mask
Item number A6339 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Mask with straight nose, flared nostrils, and thick red lips. A fringe of cedar bark is attached at the top. The mask is painted white with a scalloped design in red and black at the top of the forehead, thick black eyebrows with upturned ends, red, black and white eyes with a red design at the temples, red nostrils, a black moustache, red lips, a black scalloped design on the chin, and a pattern of red ovals on the bottom surface of the chin. Off-white and green cord attached at the back through holes in the sides and chin of the mask.
History Of Use
Forest Spirit mask, from the atłaamł series.
Item History
- Made by Willie Seaweed (Maker) in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ? before 1953
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Alice Mountain before December 22, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Alice Mountain (Seller) on December 22, 1953
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A6339
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, cedar bark, paint, fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 32.3 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 17.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Willie Seaweed (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Alice Mountain
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Alice Mountain (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before December 22, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on December 22, 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2013/0003
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