Mask Item Number: A6107 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Midwife mask with white painted face and painted black hair, thick black eyebrows, black lines around the eyes, pink nostrils, pink lips, and three increasingly larger pink crescent shapes bordered in black on each cheek. The mouth is downturned and the nostrils are agnled upwards. There is a length of green cord attached at the back of the mask, and there are two metal nails at the back edge, one at the centre and one to the left, each with a piece of fabric attached to it.
History Of Use
Midwife mask?; part of the atłaamł dance series.
Iconographic Meaning
Possibly the midwife: mama'yulhtsilagas, who appears following A4163 a-b, in the atłaamł dance.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1953
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Alice Mountain before June 16, 1953
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Alice Mountain (Seller) on June 16, 1953
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Alice Mountain
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Alice Mountain (Seller)
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 1953
- Ownership Date
- before June 16, 1953
- Acquisition Date
- on June 16, 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 24
- Accession Number
- 2010/0013