Mask
Item number A4160 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Mask with angular face, protruding eyes and recessed eye sockets, hooked nose and protruding lips. Small cedar bark fringe on forehead. Tha mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows separated by red, black eye pupils and rims, a red scalloped design beside the eyes, black over the top of the nose, red nostrils and lips, black and red curved lines to the sides of the mouth and over the cheeks, and black at the jawline. Short cedar bark fringe attached at top of forehead. Off-white cord attached at back of mask.
History Of Use
Caller mask. Calls out other dancers in the atłaamł series.
Narrative
Made in a hurry from boards, intended to be burned after 4th usage (M. Martin, 1950).
Iconographic Meaning
Mask of an announcer, xylmsalixyilh. "Salmon" (B. Scow, 1966).
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1950
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Chief Harry Mountain before November 17, 1952
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Chief Harry Mountain (Seller) on November 17, 1952
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- A4160
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood and cedar bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, nailed and painted
- Overall
- height 25.4 cm, width 19.1 cm, depth 13.3 cm
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
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Chief Harry Mountain
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and Chief Harry Mountain (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1950
- Ownership Date
- before November 17, 1952
- Acquisition Date
- on November 17, 1952
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 24
- Accession Number
- 2006/0007
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