Mask Item Number: A6240 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large mask with a protruding short cylinder that has a hole in the centre on the forehead, slightly bulging eyes, a hooked and upturned nose, curvilinear bands and incised lines representing gill slits extending from the sides of the nose to the centre of the chin underneath the lower lip, angular protruding lips, and a hole on either cheek with a raised rim around each. The mask is painted with black, red and white on the forehead, heavy black eyebrows, green over the nose and around the eyes with a scalloped edge representing scales, red and green nostrils, white on the cheeks with white red and green on the rims around the holes, red and white gill slits, black around the red mouth and on the chin. There are two triangular holes below the nostrils, and there is a wooden bar at the top back.
Iconographic Meaning
Represents Undersea Chief:Q!umugwe'
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Johnny Nolie before September 29, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Johnny Nolie (Seller) on September 29, 1953
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Johnny Nolie
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Johnny Nolie (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada and Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1953
- Ownership Date
- before September 29, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on September 29, 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 40
- Accession Number
- 1944/0005