Mask Item Number: A4262 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask with circular eye holes, flared nostrils, a downturned mouth, and stylized ears. The mask is painted with black eyebrows, green bordered in red around the eyes and extending down over the cheeks to a point at the edge of the mask, red nose tip and nostrils, a black moustache and goatee outlined in red, red lips, and red ears. An off-white cord is attached to the reverse with metal staples at the sides and top centre.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Iconographic Meaning
Speaker mask: hayaqantala, see Boas, 1895, Fig. 154.
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
- 1851/0009